The context for open standards in UK government IT, how we select them and how you can help us make the right decisions.

1. Open Standards Show & Tell
September 2013
Government Digital Service
@gdsteam
#openGDS

2. Why we do what we do: the context
for open standards in government IT
Liam Maxwell and Linda Humphries
How we select open standards
Hadley Beeman
Help us make the right decisions!
Paul Downey

3. Liam Maxwell
Linda Humphries
Government Digital Service @gdsteam
#openGDS

4. Why we do what we do:
the context for open
standards in
government IT
GDS@liammax

5. We can build world-class
digital services — that save
time and money for British
citizens and businesses
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6. We can stimulate a generation
of world-beating software and
services businesses
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7. We can save billions for the
taxpayer
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8. If we build
services based
on user needs
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9. If we build on
shared
platforms like
GOV.UK
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10. If we build on
open
standards
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11. There are seven open
standards principles
GDSLinda

12. 1. We place the needs
of our users at the heart
of our standards
choices
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2. Our selected open
standards will enable
suppliers to compete on
a level playing field
GDSLinda

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3. Our standards choices
support flexibility and
change
GDSLinda

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4. We adopt open
standards that support
sustainable cost
GDSLinda

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5. Our decisions on
standards selection are
well informed
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6. We select open
standards using fair and
transparent processes
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7. We are fair and
transparent in the
specification and
implementation of open
standards
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20. Open Standards Board
24 September:
Describing and sharing information
Cross platform character encoding
Persistent resolvable identifiers
GDSLinda

21. In progress:
Multi agency incident transfer
Electronic communications
Publishing government spend
Interoperability for end user devices
Defining IPv6 capable
GDSLinda

22. Hadley Beeman
Government Digital Service @gdsteam
#openGDS

23. ●
How we select open standards
@HadleyBeeman GDS

24. ●
standards.data.gov.uk
GDS@HadleyBeeman

25. Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
●●GDS
Suggest a problem
that open
standards could
solve
Comment on the
suggestions
@HadleyBeeman

26. ●●GDS
Challenge goes live
Tell us which open
standards could
solve the problem
Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
@HadleyBeeman

27. Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
●●GDS
Challenge Owner
proposes their
solution
Comment on their
proposal
@HadleyBeeman

28. Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
●●GDS
Challenge owner
assesses suitability
of the standards in
the proposal
@HadleyBeeman

29. Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
●●GDS
Expert panel
considers: does the
proposed Standards
Profile meet needs
in the challenge?
@HadleyBeeman

30. Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
●●GDS
Open Standards
Board decides
whether to adopt
the proposed
standards profile
@HadleyBeeman

31. Suggested Challenge
Challenge
Proposal
Assessment
Evaluation
Decision
Implementation
●●GDS
Government adopts
the standards profile
Report any issues
to us
@HadleyBeeman

32. Paul Downey
Government Digital Service
@psd

33. GDS@psd
Help us make the right
decisions

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40. ●●GDS
We need your help to
answer these
questions
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41. ●●GDS
Get involved!
Suggest, comment,
respond to a challenge
Join a working group
GDS@psd

42. ●●GDS
Get more involved!
Become a panel member
or join the board
GDS@psd

43. Open Standards Show & Tell
September 2013
Government Digital Service
@gdsteam
#openGDS