SPOCS: A semantic interoperability layer to support the implementation of the service directive
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The document discusses the SPoCS initiative aimed at enhancing cross-border electronic service procedures in compliance with the EU Services Directive. It addresses challenges such as document heterogeneity and multilingualism, proposing a semantic interoperability layer alongside a systematic approach for validating documents across various EU member states. The project emphasizes the importance of digital transformation in improving efficiency for service providers through established points of single contact (PSCs).
SPOCS: A semantic interoperability layer to support the implementation of the service directive
- 1. M. Foulonneau, F. Marrinan, N. Karalius, O. Dziamski, T-F. Gordon, H. Hartenstein, S. Rieger, K. Weigend, D. Mitzman, S. Turki, Y. Djaghloul, J-F. Merche SPOCS: A semantic interoperability layer to support the implementation of the service directive ECEG 2013 13-14 June Como, Italy
- 2. SPOCS - Simple Procedures Online for Cross-Border Services • 3rd Large Scale Pilot - CIP prog. • Implement and test interoperable eGov. services in the context of the Services Directive. • Improve quality of cross-border electronic procedures and points of single contact (PSC) for businesses. EU Services Directive • procedures necessary to establish or exercise a service in another Member State can be conducted electronically. • Member States had to establish PSCs, as electronic one- stop shops for all service providers. • PSCs as intermediaries between the requesting service provider and the national competent authorities.
- 3. Transfer of documents to European administrations in the scope of procedures Online procedures Including the transfer of data (forms) and documents Problems: Heterogeneity of documents Multilingual environment Document authenticity (signature and eSafe) Governance and distributed set of services
- 4. The SPOCS semantic task force Henri Tudor PRC, Luxembourg European Business Register, Belgium iTree Group, Lithuania Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania, Poland Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Federal Office of Administration, Germany Infocamere, Italy
- 5. Omnifarious Container for eDocuments (OCD) 1. Payload Layer (document file) 2. Metadata layer, divided into 1. Metadata of the OCD (such as the sender and the receiver of the container) 2. Metadata that represent the document or payload, including in the best case an extraction of the value of information recorded inside the document (e.g., the birthdate for a birth certificate). 3. Authentication Layer
- 6. A set of common ontologies (OWL) Document ontology to represent relations between documents, document types (e.g., birth certificates) procedures and equivalences between 2 documents in the context of a particular procedure
- 7. Creating equivalences between documents Semantic mechanisms allow the system to infer equivalences and in some cases request users only to validate assumptions instead of manually creating them all.
- 9. Automatic validation of a document • Technical architecture of components used in Semantic Pilot Lithuania – Portugal
- 10. Automatic validation of document and application based on data • Screenshot of Polish PSC with link to ‘validation document’ (gr. Επικύρωση εγγράφων)
- 11. Using semantic data sources The EBR registry, a set of Web services Supporting the service directive with open data Editing and writing carried out through the CKAN software in version 1
- 12. Modeling of legislation Investigated in the scope of the Travel Agent case in Poland and Luxembourg with the Carneades software. Modeled conditions for authorization procedure to support civil servant in decision process. Cases encoded with the support of Fraunhofer institute
- 13. Case study – Travel agent Travel agent must hold a business permit. Business permit is granted if: • the person responsible for the operation or management of the business: • meets the requirements in terms of qualification and professional integrity; • can provide proof of mandatory guarantees and insurances; • and the business has a fixed physical establishment in Luxembourg (no so-called 'letterbox companies'). Logic-like rules for travel agent service delivery authorization in Luxembourg Logic-like rules for travel agent service delivery authorization in Luxembourg
- 14. Carneades Open source & free argumentation system Web-based, collaborative software tools for: • summarizing arguments of a debate in an argument graph • visualizing, browsing and navigating argument graphs • evaluating arguments • … Carneades interface Argumentation map for travel agent business permit
- 15. Conclusion Connections with SEMIC/JoinUp Use of Business Core Vocabulary Experimentation of the Core Public Service Vocabulary Catalogue of European semantic assets (JoinUp), software components (JoinUp) Towards a catalogue of public services? eSens (ICT-PSP Pilot A) Towards governance mechanisms for semantic datasets Coherent semantic layer across multiple eGov piloting domains (eHealth, Business life cycle, eJustice, etc.)
- 16. M. Foulonneau, F. Marrinan, N. Karalius, O. Dziamski, T-F. Gordon, H. Hartenstein, S. Rieger, K. Weigend, D. Mitzman, S. Turki, Y. Djaghloul, J-F. Merche SPOCS: A semantic interoperability layer to support the implementation of the service directive ECEG 2013 13-14 June Como, Italy Thank you for your attention.
Editor's Notes
- #6: Madoqs : nom donne a l’outil Jena : Gestion d’ontologie, outil open source Ovacs : Outil Tudor : Surchouche de Jena qui permet d’ajouter les regles
- #7: OWL : Web Ontology Language (W3C)
- #13: The modeling of legislation was investigated in the scope of the Travel Agent case with Poland and Luxembourg with the Carneades software. However, instead of modeling the validity conditions of a document equivalence, we modeled the conditions for the authorization procedure in order to support the civil servant in the decision process for the delivery of a business permit.
- #14: In order to operate as a travel agent, applicants must hold a business permit. Business permit is granted to the business (either the professional operating under his own name, or the company he runs) if: the person responsible for the operation or management of the business: meets the requirements in terms of qualification and professional integrity ; can provide proof of mandatory guarantees and insurances; and the business has a fixed physical establishment in Luxembourg (no so-called 'letterbox companies').