Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations EIA and EIC update Luxembourg 7 th November 2014 Dr. aul M. Abril aul-mario.abril-jimenez@ec.europa.eu
ISA portfolio Support the effective Implementation of EU legislations (L) ICT Impact Assessments 3.1 CISE 1.16 PSI State Aid 1.11 verall view Key Interoperability Enablers (I) Networks 2.4 Semantics 1.1 2.15 Machine Translation Decision Support Enablers 2.8 2.6 Supporting Instruments to European Public Administrations (PA) EIS 5.2 Sharing & reuse 4.2.5 EIA 2.1 EFI 4.2.4 EULF 2.13 IMI 1.10 Information exchange 1.8 1.13 1.20 ECI 1.12 INSPIE 1.17 Sources of trusted information 1.2 2.9 IMM 4.1.2 CICABC 2.5 eprocurement ELI 1.21 esignature & eidentification CAMMS 2.2 1.6 1.7 2.11 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.18 2.3 Accompanying Measures (A) Community building 4.2.1 4.2.2 Communication Activities 4.1.1 Monitoring activities (M) Programme 5.1 TES 2.14 NIF 4.2.3 Source: ISA Legal Decision Art. 1, 2, 3, Kurt Salmon analysis
bjectives of the EIA action Designing Accelerate the design of systems that support the delivery of interoperable digital public services (across borders and sectors). Assessing Provide a reference model for comparing existing architectures in different policy domains and thematic areas, to identify focal points for convergence and reuse. Communicating and Sharing Help documenting the most salient interoperability elements of complex systems and facilitate the sharing of reusable solutions. Discovering and eusing Ease the discovery and reuse of interoperability solutions through the European Interoperability Cartography EICart in Joinup website. 3
Main work products of the EIA action EIA European Interoperability eference Architecture A four-view reference architecture for delivering digital public services (across borders and sectors). EICart European Interoperability Cartography A mapping of solutions to the Building Blocks of the EIA. 4
Legal view Legal View Public Policy Cycle Public Policy Development Enablers Public Policy Implementation Instruments Legal equirements Definition of Public Policy bjectives Approach Mandate Binding Instrument Non-binding Instrument Formulation of Public Policy Scenarios Legal Constraints Impact Assessment Public Policy Binding Instrument Non-binding Instrument Public Policy Implementation perational Enablers Public Policy Evaluation EU level National level Sub-National level Financial esource Implementing Guideline 5
rganisational view rganisational View rganisational Enablers rganisational Policy rganisational Procedure rganisational Structure Click to rganisations edit Master title style Interoperability Collaboration Agreement signs signs Business Public Administration European National Sub-National User accepts Interoperability Agreement proposes Provider signs Citizen is a source of is a source of Public Policy consumes Delivery Model offers signs Interoperability Provider Agreement Aggregated Public Public Business Process Model Catalogue documents Basic Public applies to documents Business Process Business Information Exchange Business ule Business Transaction Business Information Entity applies to 6
Semantic view Semantic View Public Policy influences Data Policy applies to Metadata Policy Security & Privacy Policy Licensing & Charging Policy Metadata Business Information Entity Business ule Catalogue Business Process Model Data Entity Identifier Schema Data epresentation Data Model eference Data Controlled Vocabulary Code list DataSet documents DataSet Catalogue 7
Technical view Application Technical View - Application Public Public Policy Interoperable European System Human User System Data Documentation Enablers Presentation and Access Enablers Application Security Enablers Specification Human Interface Machine to Machine Interface Test Enablers Discovery Enablers Workflow Enablers Collaboration Enablers perational Procedure Test Test Scenario Discovery Choreography rchestration Messaging Audiovisual Configuration Test Test eport Discovery Business Process Collaboration Access Processing Enablers Mediation Enablers Decision Support Enablers Access Data outing Data Transformation Data Validation Data Exchange Business Analytics Business eporting Audit Logging Data outing Data Transformation Data Validation Data Exchange Business Intelligence Audit and Logging Data Source Enablers Administration Enablers Forms ecords Document Content Metadata e-archiving service Administration and Monitoring Lifecycle Partner Forms ecord Content Metadata e-archiving component Administration Partner 8
Technical view Infrastructure Technical View - Infrastructure Interoperable European System Public Policy Digital s Infrastructure Infrastructure Security Enablers e-signing e-signature Validation Identity Trust e-payment Machine Translation service e-signature Identity Trust e-payment Machine Translation Hosting and Networking s Infrastructure Networking Hosting Public Network Hosting Facility Secure Access Network Storage Processing Private Network Private Hosting Facility Public Hosting Facility 9
EIC. Identification of TES based on the EIA rganisational view rganisational View rganisational Enablers rganisational rganisational Policy Procedure is a source of is a source of rganisational Structure Public Policy Business Process Model rganisations Interoperability signs Collaboration Agreement signs Business Public Administration accepts proposes signs User Interoperability Provider Agreement Citizen consumes offers signs Delivery Model Aggregated Public Public documents Catalogue Basic Public European National Sub-National Interoperability Provider Agreement applies to documents Business Process Business Information Exchange Business ule Business Transaction Business Information Entity applies to The major business transactions 2 supported by a TES answer the business needs expressed in the legal basis and reflect the business purpose of a TES. The identification of TES supporting specific business needs can therefore be based on the business transactions supported. Examples of business transactions identified: Alerts for Crisis management needs Electronic data entry for Data collection, monitoring and reporting needs Exchange of requests for information for Administrative cooperation needs 2 Atomic unit of interaction between two or more public administrations, businesses or citizens, EIA v 2.10 10
Digital s Infrastructure Infrastructure Security Enablers e-signing e-signature e-signature Validation Hosting and Networking s Infrastructure Public Network Private Network Identity Identity Interoperable European System Networking Network Trust Trust Private Hosting Facility Hosting Hosting Facility Secure Access Storage Processing Public Policy e-payment e-payment Public Hosting Facility Machine Translation service Machine Translation EIC. euse of infrastructure services Technical View - Infrastructure Seven reusable infrastructure services were identified: Two private networks CCN (DG TAXUD) and stesta (DG DIGIT); ne identity management service ECAS (DG DGIT); Two e-signing services ESSI (DG DIGIT) and DSS (DG MAKT); ne digital signature certificates validation service TLManager (DG MAKT); ne text translation service MT@EC (DG DIGIT). Infrastructure Security Enablers E-Signing Validate digital signature certificates DSS ESSI TLManager Identity service ECAS STK P E-Payment DP BIS FNS D Text Translation ejustice Portal MT@EC ICSMS Caption: eusable services Digital s Infrastructure FNS IMI ECIS TIS DP eusable sytems/components Development planned ESB D FNS S Study SUVEILLANCE 2 D P Development Pilot perational Internal Market Anti-Fraud Policy Taxation and customs union Hosting and Networking enablers Private Network stesta Geant CCN esearch Cross-Sector Multi-Sector 11
Use cases of the EIA action EIA Cart Designing Assessing Design solution architectures Design reference architectures Create portfolio Compare reference architectures Compare solution architectures ationalise portfolio Manage portfolio Communicating and Sharing Structure the architectural implications of policy or thematic domains (to the extent of the views of the EIA) Document interoperability solutions Discovering and eusing Search for interoperability solutions D NT DISTIBUTE FUTHE 12
Scenario 1 Context FICTINAL. Marco inaldi is an Enterprise Architect, working in the social security sector for a public administration in Italy. In order to be compliant with a new EU directive, his organisation has the mandate to build a new information system that enables automatic exchange of social security information with the European Commission and other public administrations in Europe. D NT DISTIBUTE FUTHE 13
Scenario 1 Use cases CHALLENGE How to ensure interoperability between a national system and the systems of the EC and of other MSs. EIA in PACTICE Marco can use the technical view - application of the EIA to find the BBs that are relevant for interoperable message exchange. Marco can use the Cartography tool to find reusable solutions for the BBs he needs. Design solution architecture Search for interoperability solutions KEY BENEFITS Strong focus on cross-border interoperability from the outset Faster access to reusable solutions Alignment to a common reference model D NT DISTIBUTE FUTHE 14
Scenario 2 Context FICTINAL. Christine Dupont is working for DG AGI, European Commission. Due to a change in the business processes supporting the implementation of rural development policies, her DG has launched an assessment of the current application landscape to evaluate the impact of the change. The DG has found out that there is an overlap between the functionalities of different systems, and the cost of implementing a change are significant. Christine has been asked to evaluate a strategy for rationalising application landscape and implement the new business process. D NT DISTIBUTE FUTHE 15
Scenario 2 Use cases PBLEM How to rationalise the application landscape to support efficient business process implementation. EIA in PACTICE Christine can use the organisational view of the EIA to organise the key business processes and related business rules, and explain this relationship to stakeholders. Structure the architectural implications of a policy Christine can use the EIA to understand her DG s architecture and identify missing BBs. Compare reference architectures Christine can map the current applications to the EIA BBs, and plan which ones have to be dismissed, merged or replaced. ationalise portfolio KEY BENEFITS Structured communication with stakeholders Accelerated assessment of architectures Simplified decision-making process for application portfolio rationalisation D NT DISTIBUTE FUTHE 16
Join ISA initiatives at: http://ec.europa.eu/isa/index_en.htm and @ http://joinup.ec.europa.eu CE PUBLIC SEVICE VCABULAY http://goo.gl/ek1ey @SEMICeu http://joinup.ec.europa.eu 17
euse examples - Mapped in to the EIA The caption below should ease the user comprehension of the EU Cartography, 3 main information are represented : euse Policy domain 1 eusable service Health and consumer protection Employment and social affairs eusable component/functionality/module Humanitarian aid Internal Market Trade Taxation and customs union eusable code Anti-Fraud Policy Information society and media eused by Home Affairs esearch Current state Justice Maritime affairs and fisheries Energy Statistics S Study P Pilot Mobility and transport D Development perational Environment Cross-Sector DP Development planned Competition Multi-Sector 1 A policy domain may have more than one Public Policy as referred to in the EIA. 18
EICart National Interoperability Frameworks bservatory (NIF) Alignment with the EIA eference Architecture (make the link ) What exists? What is still missing? 19
Context view Context View Information System Development eference Architecture National eference Architecture ther eference Architectures 20
Introduction Definition Benefits D NT DISTIBUTE FUTHE An architectural solution template is a sub-set of the building blocks of the EIA, which focuses on the most salient building blocks needed to build an interoperable solution addressing a particular interoperability need. An architectural solution template provides solution architects with a common and unambiguous approach to cope with a specific interoperability challenge. A solution architect can easily create a solution architecture by mapping existing solution building blocks (developed in his/her organisation or discovered through the TES Cartography) to an architectural solution template. When a user creates an architectural solution template, he/she can recommend specific solution building blocks (e.g. a particular application or data model) for its implementation. This allows a faster implementation of the architectural solution template when it is shared with other parties. An architectural solution template can be created within and across the different views of the EIA. A solution template can then support architects specialised in different architecture domains (organisational/business architecture, application architecture, data/semantic architecture, technology architecture)
rganisational View of IMI rganisational View rganisational Enablers rganisational Policy rganisational Procedure rganisational Structure Citizens Citizen Competent authorities of the Member States Interoperability Collaboration Agreement User signs signs rganisations accepts Business Public Administration SLA Interoperability Agreement proposes Provider DIGIT signs DG MAKT European Specific sectors defined in the Directive on National services in the Internal Market Sub-National is a source of is a source of Public Policy consumes IMI acting as a Single Point of Contact Delivery Model offers signs Interoperability Provider Agreement Business Process Model Catalogue Electronic notification and information request s documents Public Notifications process Aggregated Public Basic Public applies to documents Business Process Business Information Exchange Information request process Business ule applies to Notifications and questions and answers transactions Business Transaction Business Information Entity Professional qualifications Posted workers Cross-border services e-commerce services 22
Generic The [Data Entities] are described according to the [Data Model] and [eference Data]. These are managed according to the [Metadata Policy]. This data is classified according to the [Security & Privacy Policy], in terms of Confidentiality the data is [Level] in terms of Integrity and Availability the data is [Level]. A [Licensing & Charging Policy] is applied/ not applied. The data is published/ not published in a [Data Catalogue] and its metadata is available/ not available in a [Metadata Catalogue]. Narrative of the Semantic View IMI The [Notifications] are described according to the [IMI 1.0]. This data is classified according to the [general security policy for the EC Information Systems ]. The data are published in [specific IMI directories] and the metadata of its services are formalised according to [WSDLs]. 23
Semantic View of IMI Semantic View Metadata Metadata Policy applies to Attribute General security policy for the EC Information Systems Data Policy Licensing & Charging Policy Notifications data model Data Entity Security & Privacy Policy Notifications Identifier Schema Dataset Data Data Model eference Data Specific IMI directories Data Catalogue IMI 1.0 Controlled Vocabulary Metadata Catalogue contains 24
Generic [Trans-European Systems (TES)] implement [Digital Public s]. They can be accessed by [Users], which can be [humans] or [systems], through [Presentation and Access enablers]. TES provide access to data through [data source enablers]. Data can be exchanged cross-border and crosssector with the support of [data exchange enablers], can be processed to make informed decisions with the help of [decision support enablers] or can be used in custom ways, for which [specific purposes enablers] are built. TES can execute complex business processes through [workflow enablers] and can support interaction among humans through [communication enablers]. Access control and data security are managed through the services offered by [security enablers]. Narrative of the Technical View - Application IMI [IMI] implements [notification services], Click and can to be edit accessed Master by [citizens title and style Member State authorities via a web Portal]. IMI provides access to data through [IMI data service and a Metadata Tool]. Data can be exchanged across-border with the support of [IMI data validation, transformation, translation and workflow services]. IMI can send out the notifications and data with the support of [IMI data transmission services]. IMI supports the dynamic creation of forms through the [IMI dynamic forms service]. IMI facilitates internal logging and log processing through the [IMI monitoring tools]. E-Signature is supported through the use of [ESSI services]. Access control is managed through the [IMI authentication and authorisation services]. 25
Technical View of IMI Application Technical view - Application Notification services Digital Public Presentation and Access Enablers Workflow Enablers Trans-European System Choreography IMI Citizens and registered Member State authorities Human Human Interface Private and public IMI Portal rchestration User System Machine to Machine Interface IMI Workflow Communication Enablers Instant Messaging Audiovisual Security Enablers ESSI services e-signature e-signature IMI data Processing enablers transformation service Data exchange enablers Data Transformation Data Transformation Data Source Enablers Translation Data Translation Data Translation IMI dynamic forms service Forms Business Process IMI data validation service Data Validation Data Validation IMI data service ecords IMI data transmission service Data Transmission Data Transmission Content Business bjects Decision Support Enablers Business Analytics Business Analytics Instant Messaging Business eporting Business eporting Metadata Tool Metadata Audiovisual Specific Purpose Enablers e-payment e-payment IMI authentication and authorisation services Identity Audit Identity & Access Access IMI monitoring tools Logging Forms ecord Content Metadata Audit and Logging
IMI as an example of TES for exchange of requests for information IMI (Internal Market information System from DG MAKT) is a system that is prepared to support multiple policy domains and already does it today. It implements several business processes, handle notifications and handle requests for information. IMI can be reused as: operated by DG MAKT for others wishing to reuse IMI. In that case DG MAKT and DIGIT can configure existing generic modules to be used for new policy areas and without the need for development. Legal constraint: reuse of the service is possible within the internal market field only The IMI source code can be offered for reuse to others as a basis for their own administrative cooperation communities outside the internal market field 27
Interoperable European System Documentation Enablers Specification perational Procedure Configuration Processing Enablers Mediation Enablers Data outing Data outing Data Source Enablers Forms Forms Public Policy Public Presentation and Access Enablers Test Enablers Test Test ecords ecord Data Transformation Data Transformation Test Scenario Test eport Document Content Discovery Enablers Discovery Content Discovery Data Validation Data Validation Human Human Interface Workflow Enablers Metadata Metadata Choreography User Business Process Data Exchange Data Exchange e-archiving service e-archiving component System Machine to Machine Interface rchestration Collaboration Enablers Decision Support Enablers Administration Enablers Administration and Monitoring Messaging Business Analytics Administration Data Business Intelligence Lifecycle Collaboration Audiovisual Business eporting Partner Partner Application Security Enablers Audit Access Access Audit and Logging Logging EIC. euse a Data transformation service Technical View - Application 8 TES relies on a data transformation component and 1 TES was built to support data format translation. Data transformation service XML Gate SUVEILLANCE 2 SPEED2 ADNS edamis ECIS ESB FNS INSPIE D D D Focus on XMLGate is a Web service application, used in DG SANC, to validate an XML instance against a well-defined schema. From a high level perspective XML Gate supports the collection of structured information and transfer to back-office systems in charge of the information processing. 28
Interoperable European System Documentation Enablers Specification perational Procedure Configuration Processing Enablers Mediation Enablers Data outing Data outing Data Source Enablers Forms Forms Public Policy Public Presentation and Access Enablers Test Enablers Test Test ecords ecord Data Transformation Data Transformation Test Scenario Test eport Document Content Discovery Enablers Discovery Content Discovery Data Validation Data Validation Human Human Interface Workflow Enablers Metadata Metadata Choreography User Business Process Data Exchange Data Exchange e-archiving service e-archiving component System Machine to Machine Interface rchestration Collaboration Enablers Decision Support Enablers Administration Enablers Administration and Monitoring Messaging Business Analytics Administration Data Business Intelligence Lifecycle Collaboration Audiovisual Business eporting Partner Partner Application Security Enablers Audit Access Access Audit and Logging Logging EIC. euse a Form management component Technical View - Application 9 TES relies on a form management component out of which 2 are generic and built to be reusable; and 2 are part of a TES and supports form management capability: EUDANET is a secured infrastructure for communication and data processing between the EU regulatory authorities for medicinal products. ASCHEM is an alert system supporting communication between poison centres and public health authorities in Member States, regarding chemical incidents in Europe. Forms GENIS D DynForm CMS edamis TIS EUDANET AS CHEM ECC-Net ICSMS Focus on 2 generic components built to be reused: GENIS form management component (DG CMP) supports the easy creation and maintenance of forms (simple or complex) for being used in the client application; and has repository and versioning features. Dyn Form (DG EMPL) GUI component which allows to very easily configure Web Forms, execute them in realtime and collect the input data in several formats. 29
Digital s Infrastructure Infrastructure Security Enablers e-signing e-signature e-signature Validation Hosting and Networking s Infrastructure Public Network Private Network Identity Identity Interoperable European System Networking Network Trust Trust Private Hosting Facility Hosting Hosting Facility Secure Access Storage Processing Public Policy e-payment e-payment Public Hosting Facility Machine Translation service Machine Translation Technical View - Infrastructure EIC. euse a machine translation service 8 TES relies on a text translation component and 1 TES is providing a text translation service to others. Text Translation ejustice Portal Focus on MT@EC IMI ECIS ICSMS TIS MT@EC is a service operated by DGT. Users can directly request a translation and have it delivered without any further intervention from a professional translator or the DGT translation workflow. ESB D FNS SUVEILLANCE 2 Trans-European Solutions already reusing the MT@EC service are: IMI (DG MAKT) e-justice Portal (DG JUST) ICSMS (DG ENT) 30
Cartography process Using the EU Cartography for TES 4 Steps Data Collection Data collected via questionnaires filled in by IES owners Data on 56 IES, all of them TES, are available Target 90 IES, all of them TES Data mapping Structure the data collected from questionnaires according to the EIA Building blocks and attributes Data publication Publishing the structured data on the Cartography Tool. Data Analysis Analyse data using the Cartography tool Provide recommendations on the potential areas and means for rationalisation 31
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