Karol Furd ík

Karol Furdík

EU e-Government projectsat Technical University

of Košice

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Introduction, background info Involved:

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Dep. of Cyb. & AI Faculty of Economics

Research fields (applied to e-Gov): semantic technologies, ontologies knowledge management & representation text mining, information extraction, NLP SOA, workflow management, BP modelling Web 2.0, social networks

Key persons: prof. Tomáš Sabol Marián Mach, Ján Paralič, Peter Bednár, Ján Hreňo, ...

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Overview of EU e-Gov projects at TUKE FP5 Webocracy : IST STREP, 2000 - 2003

ontology-based CMS FP6 Access-eGov : IST STREP, 2006 - 2009

semantic annotation of services, front-office application FP6 DEMO-net : NoE, 2006 - 2010

research in e-Participation field FP6 SAKE : IST STREP, 2006 - 2008

semantic technologies in e-Government, back-office application FP7 SPIKE : ICT STREP, 2008 - 2010

not really e-Gov; SOA + semantics + workflow / BP modelling FP7 OCOPOMO : ICT STREP, 2010 - 2013

policy modelling, scenario-driven collaboration, long-term planning

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WebocracyFull title: Web Technologies Supporting Direct Participation in

Democratic Processes

Project No: FP5 IST-1999-20364 Duration: October 1, 2000 - December 31, 2003 Web: http://www.webocrat.sk

Objectives: 1. organisational objectives:

new type and new quality of web services provided for citizens; 2. scientific objectives:

design of a generic modular architecture of a web-based system (referred as the Webocrat system);

development of modules of the Webocrat system and their implementation in an integrated fashion.

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Project partners Co-ordinator:

Technical University of Košice

Developer partners: University of Wolverhampton, UK University of Regensburg, GER JUVIER s.r.o., SK Citec Information Oy Ab, FIN

User partners: Local Authority Košice - City ward Ťahanovce, SK Local Authority Kosice - City ward Dargovských hrdinov, SK Wolverhampton City Council, UK


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Approach Technology:

Java, JSP, mySql DB own ontology format & reasoning security, authentication,

role-based access control Modules:

Category Browsing HTML documents Multimedia files Discussion forums Electronic polling Web links Tenders


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Solution


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Reference application


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Pilot applications (1)Wolforum - Wolverhampton City Council


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Pilot applications (2)LA Košice - Ťahanovce, http://mutah.tahanovce.sk


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Pilot applications (3)LA Košice - Dargovských hrdinov, http://www.kosice-dh.sk


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Outcomes Webocrat system

http://www.webocrat.sk current provider: InterSoft, a.s., www.intersoft.sk Several applications; Webocrat used as web-based CMS

CSAP - Java-based OS security component University of Regensburg

Manuals and documentation on ontology development

Challenges: standardised ontology format integration with inner eGov processes / services


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Interoperability - EU initiatives 2002-05: eEurope 2005: An information society for all. 2003: Linking up Europe: The Importance of Interoperability

for eGovernment Services. 2003-06: FP6 IST: Networked businesses and governments 2004: EIF for Pan-European eGovernment services. ver. 1. 2005: i2010 - A European Information Society for growth and

employment. 2005: IDABC established (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/)

2006-08: EIF for Pan-European eGovernment services. ver. 2. 2008: SEMIC.EU launched (http://www.semic.eu) 2007-10: FP7 ICT: Challenge 1 - Pervasive and Trustworthy

Network and Service Infrastructures

Access-eGovSAKE


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Access-eGovFull title: Access to e-Government Services Employing Semantic

Technologies

Project No: FP6 IST 027020 Duration: January 1, 2006 - April 30, 2009 Web: http://www.accessegov.org

Main goal: To develop and validate a platform for composition of

governmental services into complex process definitions (life events) enabling semantic interoperability of particular eGov services.


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Technical University of Košice, SK Developer partners:

University of Regensburg, GER German University in Cairo, EGY InterSoft a.s., SK Sygnity S.A., PL e-ISOTIS, GR

User partners: Municipality of Michalovce, SK Kosice Self-Governing Region, SK City Hall of Gliwice, PL Cities on Internet Association, PL State Government of Schleswig-Holstein, GER


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Approach Semantic platform: WSMO framework, http:// www.wsmo.org The WSMO framework includes:

WSMO ontology creation & maintenance WSML ontology language SA-WSDL annotation mechanism WSMX execution environment wsmo4j API, WSML2Reasoner, ORDI repository WSMO Studio designer, http://www.wsmostudio.org

Methodology for systematic creation of ontologies, based on user requirements:

Requirement-driven approach Semantic matching of user goals / life events with

particular services


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Architecture & control flowA) - F): Initialization 1. - 4.: Run time


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Pilot applications (1) Slovakia: Land-use planning and processing

a request for a building permit.

Poland: Establishing an enterprise - the process of company registration.

Germany: An upgrade and field test based on the existing good practice “Zustaendigkeitsfinder” ("Responsibility Finder"), by introducing a semantic layer (securing semantic interoperability between national and local governments). Use-case: Getting married.

Egypt (German University in Cairo): Usability testing from outside EU.


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Pilot applications (2)


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Achievements Platform for semantic integration of services of all types:

on-line, electronic & web services traditional face-to-face services

Goal-oriented user interface: Life-events approach

Enhanced WSMO-based process model Web grabbing functionality Methodology, user manuals, documentation

More info at http://www.accessegov.org Access-eGov system is OS - code is available upon request (the web site is built on Webocrat CMS)


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SAKEFull title: Semantic-enabled Agile Knowledge-based eGovernment

Project No: FP6 IST 027128 Duration: March 1, 2006 - February 28, 2009 Web: http://www. sake-project.org

Main goal: To develop a system enabling proactive, context-dependent

delivery of information that is important for the decision making process.

To create a semantic knowledge base supporting back-office interoperability and integration of eGov services.


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Consortium, approach Coordinator:

Planet S.A., GR Developer partners:

University of Karlsruhe, GER ICCS, National Technical

University of Athens, GR Technical University of Košice, SK Corvinus University of Budapest, HUN University of Piraeus Research Center, GR

User partners: City Hall of Czestochowa, PL Cities on Internet Association, PL Local Authority Košice - City ward Ťahanovce, SK Ministry of Education and Culture, HUN


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Structure of SAKE system

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Semantic structures


Semantic platform: OWL framework, Protégé ontology editor,

http://protege.stanford.edu

Knowledge base: domain ontologies for SK, PL,

HUN pilots Public Administration ontology Decision Making Quality

ontology Business Process ontology

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Outcomes SAKE system - a platform for semantic-enabled agile knowledge-

based eGovernment: download available at http://www.sake-project.org

Consists of: SAKE system core SAKE tools: user interface and administration toolkit metadata structures OWL ontologies, SAKE knowledge base supplement: data repository

Documentation, user manuals, project leaflets, ...


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DEMO-netDEMO-net: The eParticipation Network Project No: FP6 IST-2004-27219, Network of Excellence Duration: January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2010 Web: http://www.demo-net.org

Goal, main objective: to strengthen scientific, technological and social research excellence in

eParticipation integrating the research capacities of individuals and organisations spread across Europe.

High level objectives: To achieve a lasting integration of currently fragmented research in

eParticipation To stimulate joint research in DEMO-net's agreed research areas To disseminate DEMO-net research amongst eParticipation stakeholders To provide a barometer of research effectiveness for eParticipation in Europe

by establishing a corpus of lessons-learnt resource of eParticipation projects.


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Paticipants, working areas Partners: about 20 European universities Affiliated institutions: about 35 research centres, universities,

business and governmental organisations

Working areas: Campaigning Community building Consultation Deliberation, discourse Information provision Mediation Electioneering Polling / voting Spatial planning


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Outcomes Technologies:

collaborative environment, social networking, Web 2.0 content management, devices, mobile technologies ontology, knowledge management, semantic web, SWS data mining, text mining, NLP, ...

Tools: email alerts, RSS feeds blogs, wikis, discussion forums, newsletters tools for eVoting, ePetition, quick polls GIS-tools (maps & plans), ...

other resources: 48 research projects in the network methods of studying and constructing eParticipation solutions Conferences and workshops, eParticipation journals, ...


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FP7 Challenges7th Framework Programme for Research (2007-2013)

Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trustworthy Network and Service Infrastructures

Challenge 2: Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics Challenge 3: Components, systems, engineering Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content Challenge 5: Towards sustainable and personalised healthcare Challenge 6: ICT for Mobility, Environmental Sustainability and Energy

Efficiency Challenge 7: ICT for Independent Living, Inclusion and

Governance Objective 7.3: ICT for Governance & Policy Modelling


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SPIKEFull title: Secure Process-oriented Integrative Service Infrastructure

for Networked Enterprises

Project No: FP7 ICT 2007-217098 FP7-ICT-Call 1, Challenge 1: Pervasive and Trusted Network and

Service Infrastructures, Objective 3: ICT in support of the networked enterprise

Duration: January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2010 Web: http://www.spike-project.eu

Main goal: Development of a software service platform for an easy, secure,

and fast start-up and maintenance of short-term and project-based virtual business alliances.


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University of Regensburg, GER

Developer partners: IT Inkubator Ostbayern GmbH, GER University of Malaga, SP Technical University of Košice, SK InterSoft a.s., SK

User partners: addIT Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co KG, A Infineon Technologies IT-Services GmbH, A Citec Information Oy Ab, FIN


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Vision


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ApproachSemantic service bus -

registering, discovering and contracting services, service message routing;

Semantic BPM engine - handling customized processes, workflows and distributed processes;


Security infrastructure - attribute management, authentication, workflow and service access control, auditing;

Repositories - storage of process models and ontologies;

Portal server extension - semantic context capturing and communication;

Portal-based interfaces - user-friendly administration of alliances, ad-hoc workflow modeling and process handling.

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TechnologyOpen Source, Java-based

Ontologies and semantic annotation: WSMO framework, http://www.wsmo.org WSMO Studio, http://www.wsmostudio.org

BP modelling: based on BPMN/BPEL BPMO Modeller (of WSMO Studio), sBPEL ontology.

Enterprise Service Bus: Java Business Integration (JBI) compliant ESB (Apache

ServiceMIX, OpenESB)

Portal integration layer: Intalio Tempo

Security: Single Sign On service & Authentication: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL), PERMIS infrastructure for authorisation


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Pilot applications 1. Information hotel: Documentation management process.

Use cases: uploading, sending, receiving docs from supplier, verifying uploaded docs, verifying received docs near deadline, sending reminder messages to suppliers, ...

2. Legacy applications: Location of partners’ services, integration into workflows.

Use cases: maintenance of service providers, service information and configuration, tracking services, contracting and ordering services,...

3. Identity federation: Accessing the inner infrastructure of alliance partners to support effective collaboration.

Use cases: collaboration setup and maintenance, role and resource management


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Achievements Work done so far:

User requirements specified for all the pilot applications Guidelines and toolchain for semantic modelling provided Ontologies and BP models developed Platform architecture designed, functional components specified 1st prototype of the system implemented (on the level of

components) 1st trial of the pilot applications is nearly finished 2nd project review (March 2010) successfully accomplished.

Future work: Evaluate results of 1st trial testing Implement the integrated SPIKE platform (incl. requirements coming

from 1st trial) - should be ready in September 2010; 2nd trial of the pilot applications (October - November 2010) final release of the integrated system (December 2010)


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OCOPOMOFull title: Open Collaboration for Policy Modelling

Project No: FP7 ICT 248128 Call: ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling, FP7-ICT-2009-4

Duration: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012 Web: http://www. ocopomo.org

Main goal: To demonstrate a new approach to long-term policy formation,

which is based on an integration of: policy modelling, narrative scenarios, and eParticipation tools.


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University of Koblenz-Landau, GER

Developer partners: Suor Orsola Benincasa University, IT Technical University of Košice, SK InterSoft a.s., SK Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Scott Moss Associates, UK Volterra Consulting, UK University of Warsaw, PL

User partners: Regione Campania, IT Kosice Self-Governing Region, SK


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Approach Long-term strategic planning Bottom-up approach:

Scenarios provided by policy analysts / operators

Experts - General model of macroeconomic relations

Agent-based models of individual policy cases

Models are visualised, options can be simulated

Interest groups participate and provide inputs in each phase


Pilot applications: SK: sustainable strategy for exploitation of renewable energy resources in KSR IT: optimal allocation of EU structural funds in Campania region (Naples)

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Toolkit, high-level architecture ICT toolbox:

eParticipation platform: Web 2.0 collaborative environment social networks

Policy modelling tools: agent-based models macroeconomic model

Narrative scenarios: semantic CMS personalised / customised

scenarios Knowledge base

ontology-based mediation of published information

support for semantic search User management


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Process of decision making


The process “as is” - current stateOCOPOMO enhancement / support

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Achievements Project is still in its very early stage

Work done so far: User requirements specification is ongoing Suitable technology solutions are investigating

Future work: Architecture design - summer 2010 Implementation of components, testing - December 2010 Integration, 1st prototype - summer 2011


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Summary, challenges Service interoperability: important feature of the ITC solutions

nowadays, it becomes an imperative in future. eParticipation to support long-term planning / decision-making Semantics: not necessarily in the form known today (ontologies,

etc.); leads to standardisation Pan-European interoperability Identity management - for one-stop Government Knowledge enhanced Government - “Smart Government” eGovernment + Business Intelligence eGovernment + BPM: ITIL, ISO 20000


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Questions?


More info: Webocracy: http://www.webocrat.sk Access-eGov: http://www.accessegov.org SAKE: http://www. sake-project.org DEMO-net: http://www.demo-net.org SPIKE: http://www.spike-project.eu OCOPOMO: http://www. ocopomo.org

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