National Interoperability Framework - ENI
Introduction
The Real Decreto 4/2010, of January 8th (Official Diary of the State, January 29th) regulates the National Interoperability Framework foreseen in the article 42 of the eGovernment Law 11/2007. This Framework includes criteria and recommendations about standardization of information, formats and applications and about preservation of information to be taken into account by Public Administrations when adopting technological decisions so as to ensure interoperability. For security issues the reference is the National Security Framework.
The National Interoperability Framework pursues the creation of the necessary conditions to ensure an adequate level of organizational, semantic and technical interoperability of systems and applications used by Public Administrations that permits the exercise of rights and the fulfillment of duties through the electronic access to public services; it also pursues providing benefits in terms of effectiveness and effectiveness.
In order to create such conditions, the National Interoperability Scheme introduces the common elements that have to guide the action of the Public Administrations regarding interoperability. Particularly, it introduces the following principal elements:
- The specific principles of interoperability are defined.
- The dimensions of interoperability, organizational, semantic and technical, are taken into account, as they were explicitly mentioned in article 41 of Law 11/2007.
- Common infrastructures and services are recognized to be relevant instruments that contribute to the simplification and propagation of interoperability and that facilitate multilateral interactions.
- The concept of 'reuse' applied to applications of Public Administrations, associated information and to other objects of information, given the fact that together with 'share' and 'collaborate' is relevant for interoperability, and all of them are recognized by EU policies.
- The interoperability of electronic signature and electronic certificates.
- Preservation of the electronic document, considering the effect of time in interoperability.
- Finally, it is created a series of technical guides and instruments for interoperability, in order to facilitate the implementation of the Framework.
The National Interoperability Framework takes into account recommendations from the European Union, the current technological situation of Public Administrations, existing services, and the use of open standards and, as appropriate and in complement, standards which are of general use among the public.
During the elaboration process it has been taken into account a wide number of references about eGovernment and interoperability coming from the European Union, other countries, standardization bodies and forums and national legislation.
It has been developed in a process coordinated by the Ministerio de la Presidencia, with the participation of all Public Administrations in Spain. During the last three years more than a hundred experts of Public Administrations have contributed to its elaboration; together with a wide number of experts who have contributed with their opinion through the professional associations of ICT Industry.
Objectives
The main objectives are the following:
- To include criteria and recommendations to be taken into account by Public Administrations when adopting technological decisions so as to ensure interoperability and avoid discrimination of citizens on the basis of their technological choice.
- To introduce the common elements that will guide the activity of Public Administrations in relation to interoperability.
- To introduce a common language that will facilitate the interaction among public administrations as well as the communication of interoperability requirements to ICT Industry.
Scope
The scope is defined in article 2 of Law 11/2007.
Status
Published: Royal Decree 4/2010, January 8th, which regulates the National Interoperability Framework in the are of Government.
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