CWA 15246:2005

Guidance for the deployment of the EU e-Government metadata framework CWA 15246:2005

Scope

The present document gives guidance on the deployment of the EU e-Government Metadata Framework. The Framework itself is reported in CWA 15245.
This document is the result of co-operation between the members of the CEN/ISSS MMI-DC workshop in the period between January 2004 and December 2004 and capitalises on work reported in CWA 14859 [1] and CWA 14860 [2].
The present document is applicable to three main categories of people:
1) strategic decision makers
2) policy makers
3) metadata providers
Vendors of systems and software will not be addressed directly but it is conceivable that they will also benefit from the material.
The aim of this document is to provide usable guidelines for Members States that wish to adopt a European dimension to their metadata standards. For Member States with a national metadata standard is place, this document does not suggest replacing it but rather complementing it with a European dimension. For Member States without a national metadata standard, this document suggests the use of the Application Profile proposed in CWA 14860.
The document further aims to provide an initial view of deploying the EU e-Government Metadata Framework reported in CWA 15245. We acknowledge that establishing the necessary organisational and technical infrastructure is a non-trivial task. It is therefore advised that further work is performed in this direction. In this respect, it is suggested that a central e-Government Interoperability Centre is established and a CEN e-Government Focus Group is set. It is further believed that a pilot would provide valuable feedback as to the efficient and effectively of the proposed approach.