1. EUROPEAN
JOINING UP GOVERNMENTS COMMISSION
ISA’s online service to
make it easier for Public
Administrations to find ICT
specifications
February 2013

2. Introduction
ISA is undertaking a number of
initiatives to promote reuse of
ICT specifications

3. Who publishes ICT Specifications?
Standardisation
bodies
OASIS GS1
UN/CEFACT
W3C ETSI CEN
EU Publications Office Listpoint
INSPIRE
European institutions
ISO Third party organisations

4. ... but also Member States
SE
FI
The Swedish Centre for Terminology
ONKI
Flat terminology repository
yhteentoimivuus.fi
UK
GovTalk DK EE
RIHA
Code List Digitaliser.dk
IVIS portal LV
arbejdsgangsbanken.dk DE
NL Stelselcatalogus XRepository
FR
ISDP CZ
MDC
ES
MPTAP

5. However...
It is hard to find, understand
and reuse ICT specifications
?

6. Let’s look at this from the
User perspective
I am looking for a particular
specification

7. Reusable specifications are not easy to find because they
are published on a multitude of websites
International Commission on Civil Status
UN/CEFACT
Digitaliser.dk (Denmark)
RIHA (Estonia)
OASIS GS1
W3C XRepository (Germany)
CEN ISO
EU Publications Office
Listpoint

8. Google not good enough
There are too many websites
I don’t know what to use
Is it the right version?
Is it machine-readable?

9. How can ISA help to:
Single-point of
access
1. Raise visibility of
reusable specifications
2. Promote a simple way to
find specifications from
different publishers
3. Add valuable metadata
to these specifications

10. How was ADMS created?
Multi disciplinary PwC and W3C facilitation +
W3C methodology
working group
43 people
Enthusiasm around ADMS
20 Member States
and the US.
The ADMS specification:
1200 reads
+ EU institutions
Standardization bodies 640 downloads
External experts/academia Currently the specification is available in
UML, XML, RDF
formats for public review

11. We have designed a solution with two
elements: Let’s look at the first one
ADMS
A common way to
describe ICT specifications
ASSET This specification was released under the “ISA Open
DESCRIPTION Metadata Licence v1.1” that can be retrieved from
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/category/licence/isa-open-
METADATA
metadata-licence-v11
SCHEMA
RDF Schema XML Schema
XML schema builds on
Universal Business Language
Re-uses information elements provided
by Core Components Technical
Specification (CCTS) of UN/CEFACT

12. Let’s look at the second element
Catalogue | Library |
Repository | List | Collection ADMS Platform
ASSET
DESCRIPTION
METADATA
SCHEMA
Semantic Policy Rest Web
document Services
Other platforms
Describe using ADMS
Metadata Specification
RDF / XML
Metadata Schema E-mail
Controlled Vocabulary
Mapping Specification
Upload on
Syntax Specification
Joinup
Code List
Harvestin
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13. 15 Partner organisations
6 partner organisations from Members States
2 partner organisations from European Institutions
3 partner organisations from Standardisation Bodies
4 partner organisations from other stakeholders

14. Visit Joinup
SE
The Swedish Centre for Terminology FI
ONKI
Flat terminology repository
yhteentoimivuus.fi
UK
GovTalk
DK RIHA EE
Code List Digitaliser.dk
IVIS portal LV
arbejdsgangsbanken.dk DE
NL Stelselcatalogus
FR
XRepository
ISD
CZ
MDC P
ES
MPTAP

15. What is the value created?
More interoperability
TO BE
ADMS/Enabled
Federation + Adding value to
 Raising visibility specifications and
Value of specification
 Promoting common for their users.
description
 Positive
externalities
(Network
Tipping effect)
point
Number of users of the specification

16. How can you join?
MAP CREATE TRANSMIT
ADMS ADMS file ADMS file
Use a dedicated exporter that
Build a mapping from a Send the ADMS description
transforms the current
(RDF/XML format) to Joinup
Number of assets in the repository
native schema to ADMS representation of the
via REST Web Services
specifications into ADMS
Use ADMS as a native Use the webpage on Joinup: Send the ADMS description
metadata description schema web form to encode the (spreadsheet or RDF/XML
ADMS file directly on Joinup format) to Joinup via e-mail
Publish the ADMS Joinup via
Annotate assets manually Create manually the file e-mail description on the
with ADMS and publish them using a text editor or a form. Web (RDF/XML format), so
on the web Joinup can harvest it
Use the ADMS editor on
Use the ADMS editor to Upload manually the ADMS
Joinup: web form to encode
annotate assets manually on description (spreadsheet or
the ADMS file directly on
Joinup RDF/XML format) on Joinup
Joinup

17. Why using ADMS and
joining the federation?
Add metadata to your specifications so that they are easy to understand
Federate your specifications so that they are easy to find
Easy to More
Easy to find
understand visibility
and
REUSE
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18. We provide support
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19. Get involved
Download Visit our initiatives
Federation Brochure SOFTWARE
http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/document/adms-enabled- FORGES
federation-semantic-asset-repositories-brochure COMMUNITY
ADMS Brochure
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/document/adms-brochure ADMS.
SW
CORE
Contact PUBLIC
SERVICE
VOCABULARY
Programme Manager
Vassilios.PERISTERAS@ec.europa.eu
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