berlin_toolfs-for-everyone.htm

<h1>Tools for Everyone</h1>

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This session looks at two tools that help to manage public sector metadata:
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Scribe: Peter K
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<h2>1. Estonian Public Service Metadata Editor</h2>

<p><a href="mailto:hannes.kiivet@ria.ee">Hannes Kiivet</a>, Head of interoperability solutions department, Estonian Information Systems Authority</p>

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(See slides for majority of presentation)
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Speaker note: Estonia is a small country and maybe it is not possible to use the same approach for a larger country.
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Pilot project was run for 4 months. For overview see <a href="https://www.w3.org/2013/share-psi/wiki/images/0/0e/Pilot_Description_(Extract).pdf">pilot description document</a>:
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Publishing a machine readable file on the website of the agency is difficult even if they managed to create the file. Problems with file encoding and serving. Invalid JSON was created.
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Code is open sourced. See links in presentation slides for more details.
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<h2>2. German XML for public administration “XÖV” tool chain in action</h2>

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Sebastian Sklarß, ]init[
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<p>Lutz Rabe, KoSIT <span lang=de">(Koordinierungsstelle für IT-Standards)</span>
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(See slides for majority of presentation)
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Context for standards implementation: No country wide person identifier. German states (16 Länder) largely autonomous in internal organization. 11000 municipalities.
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Demo of the InteropBrowser: <a href="http://interopbrowser.xoev.de/#/">http://interopbrowser.xoev.de/#/</a>
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Code lists and more are published on <a href="https://www.xrepository.de/">https://www.xrepository.de/</a>
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  <dt>
  What is your definition of standard?
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  <dd>
  It-specification for data exchange in german public sector. Not a formal standardization. Top -down enforced specification with a legal framework for support.
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  Is there a service catalog for the web services implementing the specifications?
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  <dd>
  No.
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  Is open data (e.g. address data) from public sector orgs using the same specifications?
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  <dd>
  This is for internal (intra-agency) use only. Main challenge is to be interoperable in Germany.
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  <dt>
  The XML chain is heavily invested in in many industries. Would it be possible to change to a linked data workflow incrementally?
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  <dd>
  Internal use case so not sure about the applicability. We are sharing code lists.
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  <dt>
  How are services deployed? Do we need an infrastructure to run a similar system (in Greece?)? An ESB?
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  <dd>
  Estonia: distributed approach. Maybe there is no need for ESB:s in government?
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