Annex II includes an in-depth analysis of eight case studies that consists of information collected from a desk research and interviews. The long list of cases identified is available in Annex I. Glossary This section provides common definitions used throughout the study. Table 1 - Glossary Term / Acronym Description ADMS A common metadata vocabulary to describe standards, so-called interoperability assets, on the Web. ADMS is a W3C Working Group Note. Content negotiation A mechanism defined in the HTTP specification that makes it possible to serve different versions of a document (or more generally, a resource representation) at the same URI; so that user agents can specify which version best fit their capabilities. CSV Comma-separated (or character-separated) values file stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain-text form. Data model A data model is a collection of entities, their properties and the relationships among them, which aims at formally representing a domain, a concept or a real-world thing DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. Domain Domain is a specific subject matter area that has government body i.e. ministry or department responsible for that domain e.g. the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance. ICT Information and Communication Technology Interoperability According the ISA Decision, interoperability means the ability of disparate and diverse organisations to interact towards mutually beneficial and agreed common goals, involving the sharing of information and knowledge between the organisations, through the business processes they support, by means of the exchange of data between their respective ICT systems. IRR The internal rate of return (IRR) or economic rate of return (ERR) is a rate of return used in capital budgeting to measure and compare the profitability of investments GUI Graphical User Interface Metadata Metadata is structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource. Metadata is often called data about data or information about information. (National Information Standards Organization , 2004) Metadata governance Metadata governance comprises well-defined and responsibilities, cohesive policies and principles, and decision-making processes that define, govern and regulate the lifecycle of metadata. Metadata management We define metadata management as the good practice of adopting policies, processes, and systems to plan, perform, evaluate, and improve the use and re-use of data models and reference data. NISO National Information Standards Organization
Java Libraries (Apache XMLBeans, Apache Xerces, Xalan, Saxon) (LSIP) These tools are used for compiling XML schemes to Java objects, XSLT transformation, XSTL and XQuery processing. All Java Libraries and some parts of ESRI Geoportal toolkit is based on open source although it is a commercial product. Developed by Apache Software Foundation and Saxonica. Xgenerator (KoSIT) It is the central tool for production. It also validates individual artefacts according by rules defined in the framework. is no specific licence. Developed and by external suppliers. Genericoder (KoSIT) This tool is used for the creation of code lists and similar tasks. Production environment components (KoSIT) They are used for the technical production of the standards, documentation and artefacts related to the standards (e.g. to produce the DocBook chapters are directly generated from the model to XML). These tools are mainly developed under open source technologies. N/A XSLT and PERL scripts (CISE) This tool is used for harvesting and processing. XMLSpy (INSPIRE) This tool provides XML development environment for modelling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML technologies. It also provides XML editor and graphical schema designer, code gen, file converters, debuggers, profilers, database integration, chart creation, support for XSLT, XPath, XQuery, WSDL, SOAP, XBRL, JSON and Open XML (OOXML), plus Visual Studio and Eclipse plug-ins among others. Commercial product. Developed by Altova. Shapechange (INSPIRE) Java tool that takes application schemas constructed according to ISO 19109 from a UML model and derives implementation representations. Available under the GNU General Public Licence. Tool was originally written by interactive instruments GmbH, and expanded by The MITRE Corporation. Enterprise Architect (INSPIRE) This tool supports high performance modelling, visualization and design platform based on the UML 2.4.1 standard. Commercial product. Developed by SparxSystem. ESRI ArcIMS (LSIP) This tool allows LSIP to efficiently serve maps over the Internet webpage. All Java Libraries and some of Tools and the platform are
open source although it is a commercial product. LG Inform on esd-toolkit) (LG inform) Develops reporting that compare councils with one another; Identifies councils in each region of the country and how each council area can be broken down for local communities; Summarises and compares metrics across (pre-defined and ‘comparison groups’ of Creates reports for sharing as HTML, PDF or MS Word documents or for embedding in web Allows municipalities and within them to be compared via data on 1,800+ metrics. This tool is distributed under the terms of the General Public Licence. These tools are developed in-house and built on a variety of languages, including C# / .NET, Java and PHP. Some features are developed by Drupal. Searching, reporting, publication RAMON - Eurostat's metadata server (Eurostat) There is possibility to present information in all languages in which it exists. It is a powerful search engine. When a search is performed, the search engine of RAMON goes through all the objects loaded in the database and returns all the results found, whatever the metadata category in which it was found. Layout is adapted to the type of metadata presented (information displayed on the screen depends on the kind of metadata - narrow terms, broad terms, etc.). Open source, under EUPL. Developed XRepository (KoSIT) It is infrastructure component for publication, documentation and similar functions. The standard for the structure of the repository is open source but the product itself (the publishing platform) is in proprietary Developed and by external suppliers. Semantic Asset Manager (CISE) This tool is used for publication and retrieval. N/A Developed .
Drupal (KOOP) This tool is used for content management. Open source, distributed under the terms of the General Public Licence. This tool was maintained and developed by a community of 630,000+ users and developers. Versioning Apache Subversion (INSPIRE) Version control. Open source for re-use available under the Apache Licence (version 2.0). Developed by Apache Software Foundation. Apache Subversion (SVN) (IMMC/MDR) This tool is designed for versioning of assets maintained in MDR. Open source for re-use available under the Apache License (version 2.0). Developed by Apache Software Foundation. Governance Atlassian JIRA (IMMC/MDR) Governance workflow. This tool is a commercial product. Developed by Atlasssian.
Enterprise Architect (INSPIRE) This tool supports high performance modelling, visualization and design platform based on the UML 2.4.1 standard. Commercial product. Developed by SparxSystems. Possible to due to the fact that it is commercial product if organisation can afford them. Atlassian JIRA (IMMC / MDR) Governance workflow. Commercial product. Developed by Atlasssian. Possible to reuse. ESRI Geoportal extension (LSIP) This suite of modules provide the capability to build and Geoportals to meet each entity's particular style, needs, and use objectives All Java Libraries and some parts of ESRI Geoportal toolkit are based on open source although it is a commercial product. Tools and the platform are created by ESRI. Possible to ESRI ArcIMS (LSIP) This tool allows LSIP to efficiently maps over the Internet webpage Possible to reuse. TopBraid Composer, Maestro Edition (KOOP) Develops RDF/S and OWL ontologies, SPARQL queries and Semantic Web rules based on standards; Contains visualization and diagramming tools including visual construction of queries and of SPARQL; Usability, extensibility and robustness of its underlying technologies – Eclipse and Jena; Seamless between XML and RDF/OWL (import – export); SPARQL-based HTML and XML document generation using built-in JSP engine ; Ability to convert Emails into OWL, supporting semantic analysis and Commercial product. Also free edition with limited functionality exist. Developed by TopQuadrant. Possible to reuse.
classification of emails ; Supports rapid iterative construction and evolution of semantic web applications. Open source developed by the third parties Shapechange (INSPIRE) Java tool that takes application schemas constructed according to ISO 19109 from a UML model and derives implementation representations. Available under the GNU General Public Licence. Tool was originally written by interactive instruments GmbH, and expanded by The MITRE Corporation. Possible to reuse with some adoption. Apache Subversion (INSPIRE) Version control. Open source for re-use available under the Apache Licence (version 2.0). Developed by Apache Software Foundation. Possible to reuse. Apache Subversion (IMMC / MDR) This tool is designed for versioning of assets maintained in MDR. Open source for re-use available the Apache License (version 2.0) Developed by Apache Software Foundation. Possible to reuse. Drupal (KOOP) This tool is used for content management. Open source, distributed under the terms of the General Public Licence This tool was maintained and developed by a community of 630,000+ users and developers. Possible to reuse. OpenRDF Sesame (KOOP) De-facto standard framework for processing RDF data. This includes parsers, storage solutions (RDF databases a.k.a. triplestores), reasoning and querying, using the SPARQL query language. It offers a flexible and easy to use Java API that can be connected to all leading RDF storage solutions Open source. The tool is developed by Sesame. Possible to reuse.
Open source built in-house XRepository (KoSIT) It is infrastructure component for publication, documentation and similar functions. The standard for the structure of the repository is an open standard but the product itself (the publishing platform) is in proprietary development Developed and by external suppliers. Possible to reuse. Production environment components (KoSIT) They are used for the technical production of the standards, documentation and artefacts related to the standards (e.g. to produce the DocBook chapters are directly generated from the model to XML). These tools are mainly developed under open source technologies. Developed and by external suppliers. Possible to reuse.
models and encodings associated with the exchange of data between the different administrations. 14. ES CTT has the goal of encouraging the reuse of solutions on all levels of government. As a result CTT has developed a catalogue that may include several semantic interoperability standards (example SICRES 3.0). 15. ES SNGDP is the national portal that organises and manages the Public Information Catalogue of the General State Administration. Portal gives access to practical, informative and educational resources that are useful in developing products and services with a high social and economic value based on the reuse of public sector information. 16. EU EAA is a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also for the general public. 17. EU The main role of Eurostat is to process and publish comparable statistical information at European level. 18. EU Europeana portal is a database of cultural heritage. The metadata for all the objects in the Europeana portal is open. In 2012 a large subset of this data was transformed into linked data and represented in the Europeana Data Model (EDM). 19. EU MDR registers and maintains definition data (metadata elements, named authority lists, schemas, etc.) used by the different EU Institutions. 20. EU INSPIRE aims to create EU spatial data infrastructure, which will enable the sharing of environmental spatial information among public sector organisations. It also helps to facilitate better public access to spatial information across Europe. 21. EU European Multi-Stakeholders Platform on ICT Standardisation is Advisory Expert Group on all matters related to European ICT Standardisation and its effective implementation. 22. FI The aim of the project was to create a joint database for all library sectors in Finland. The expansion to cover all library sectors should have brought more library systems into the structure. 23. FI SÄHKE is one of the national specifications for electronic records management system. It has over 120 metadata elements, many of which can be used at several levels in archival hierarchy. 24. FI Yhteentoimivuss.fi is a publishing platform and national portal, which gathers together information for supporting interoperability and enterprise architecture work by Finnish Public Administration. 25. FR The purpose of SISIC is to define a coherent strategic framework for the evolution of information systems management. SISIC also develops a framework that helps to implement and monitor performance.
The scope of the data managed in the MDR covers reference data relevant for in the Inter-institutional Metadata Maintenance Committee (IMMC) and for the Publications Office of the EU in its production and dissemination process. The following datasets are maintained in the Metadata Registry: Named Authority Lists (Common Authority Tables/Value lists) IMMC Core Metadata element set EuroVoc thesaurus and alignments (SKOS/XML distributions) Style sheets for presentation Involved organisational entities IMMC The Inter-institutional Metadata Maintenance Committee (IMMC) consists of representatives of the following EU bodies: European Parliament, Council of the EU, European Commission, Court of Justice of the EU, European Court of Auditors, European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions. As decided in the first meeting of the committee, the Publications Office of the EU assures the presidency and secretariat of the IMMC. The role of the IMMC is to evaluate and approve metadata elements and authority data that are relevant for the exchange of data between the Institutions involved in the legislative procedures and the Publications Office with the aim to publish this information and make it available for the European citizen. By its nature, the IMMC forms an inter-institutional platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange in the metadata domain. It will also monitor progress of technical implementation and, when necessary, set up working groups to that effect. IMSC The Interinstitutional Metadata Steering Committee (IMSC) is the Management Board of the Publications Office (Comité de direction. Membres suppléants). Its role is to provide guidance and to take the necessary strategic decisions to assure the metadata governance on the interinstitutional level and the implementation and planning of actions resulting from registration proposals of the IMMC. The IMSC can be called to decide in case of differences of opinion that cannot be solved on the IMMC level. MRT The Metadata Registry Team (MRT) consists of members of the Enterprise Architecture unit of the Publications Office of the EU. The MRT keeps track of proposals for registration, manages the approval workflow and implements approved changes in the Metadata Registry. Upon request, the MRT can provide functional and technical support to other Institutions for core metadata related issues. Infrastructure The infrastructure used for managing the reference is provided by the Metadata Registry (MDR). The tool where the metadata definitions and related authority data