Controlled vocabularies
Introduction
This is the list of expressions from controlled vocabularies culled from the draft ontology and from its applications to the eGov Best Practice Frameworks, the eGov Observatory and various eGov authentication + eSignature services.
Service names and identifiers
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- 'passport renewal’,
- ‘birth registration’,
- ‘tax return submission’,
- ‘weather forecast’,
- ‘information on traffic congestion’,
- ‘on-line voting’
This list is surely not complete. Currently, the names of the services are usually taken from the names the services use themselves.
Service types
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘request for permit’,
- ‘submission of information’,
- ‘interactive questionnaire’,
- ‘video streaming’
Currently, the following service types are actually assigned:
- Information provision; Text and links
- Information provision; Text; Index of documents
- Information provision; Text; Link to RSS feed
- Information provision; Text and links; Sorting options (date, lastname, visitors)
- Information provision; Text and links
- Information provision; Online course
- Interaction; Online form
- Support; Text and links
- Source code
- Portal; Authentication
- Authentication service
Status of services
- in planning
- under development
- under testing
- pilot
- operational
- phasing out
- discontinued
Administrative processes
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘accounting’,
- ‘business planning’,
- ‘land management’,
- ‘archiving’,
- ‘law enforcement’
Currently, no administrative processes have been identified.
Business purposes
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘international business development’,
- ‘trade’,
- ‘defence and security’,
- ‘environmental protection’,
- ‘disaster management’
Currently assigned:
- Knowledge sharing, awareness raising
- Increased use of qualified signatures
- Support of electronic signatures in server side applications
- Centralized authentication to eGovernment services
Audiences
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘individual citizen’,
- ‘immigrant’,
- ‘tourist’,
- ‘SME’,
- ‘banking sector’,
- ‘blind people’
Currently assigned:
- Citizens
- Businesses
- Citizens; Businesses
- Citizens; businesses (perhaps)
- Software developers; administrators
- eGovernment decision makers and professionals
- Implementers
Audience types
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘person’,
- ‘business’,
- ‘government agency’
Currently, the audience types are not separated from the audiences themselves.
Data Collections
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- 'personal identification data’,
- ‘business register’,
- ‘vehicle register’,
- ‘social statistics’
Currently not used as such
Data Types
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘documents’,
- ‘database’,
- ‘images’,
- ‘statistical dataset’
Currently assigned:
- External sources on the Internet with annotations
- Documents
- External sources on the Internet
- Written onsite information, links online forms
- Online form
- Written onsite information; list of contact details
- Online course
- Source code; precompiled Java libraries
- (unknown)
Funding Types
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘fully subsidized’,
- ‘marginal cost model’,
- ‘commercial service’
Currently assigned:
- Supported by the Modinis Porgramme of the European Commission, free access
- Commercial; Payment for order of signature card
- Development on behalf of the Austrian BKA and BMF
- (unknown)
Types of Geographic Coverage
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘local’,
- ‘regional’,
- ‘national’,
- ‘international’
Names and/or identifiers based on national and international standards, e.g. ISO 3166 for country codes, NUTS for European regions
Currently assigned:
- Europe
- regional; Rheinland-Pfalz (DE)
- national; Austria (AT)
- national; Austria (useable beyond)
- national; France (FR)
Types of IT Environment
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘business intelligence’,
- ‘CRM’,
- ‘Executive Information System’,
- ‘Financial System’
Currently assigned:
- Web portal (details unknown)
- Online form (details unknown)
- Web page
- Online form
- Macromedia flash film
- Java servlet container
- (unknown)
Laws
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘Freedom of Information Act’,
- ‘VAT law’,
- ‘EU Directive 2003/92
Currently assigned:
- Decision 2004/387/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on interoperable delivery of pan-European eGovernment services to public administrations, businesses and citizens (IDABC)
- Signaturgesetz des Bundes (SigG 2001), probably in addition to a regional mandate
- Austrian eGovernment law (E-Government-Gesetzes of 2004-03-01)
- Apache license version 2
- (unknown)
Status of law
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- "under planning",
- "in legislation",
- "in force",
- "withdrawn"
Not currently used
Providers
The individual entries for providers
Organizational types
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘national government’,
- ‘local authority’,
- ‘NGO’
Not currently used
Security policy
No controlled vocabulary established yet
Standards
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘XML’,
- ‘SOA’,
- ‘SOAP’,
- 'WSDL',
- ‘Dublin Core’,
- ‘DOI’,
- ‘ebXML’,
- ‘XTM’,
- ‘PDF’
Currently used:
Concrete standards such as
- HTML 4.0
- CSS
- RSS
- Local metadata schema (author, publisher, copyright, page-type)
Types of Standards
Examples suggested by draft ontology:
- ‘International Standard’,
- ‘Industry Practice’,
- ‘CEN Workshop Agreement’
Not currently used