The institution implements a strategy on developing information resources that fosters semantic interoperability and mainly consists of metadata systems.
Semantic interoperability concerns the non-ambiguous definition of core concepts used in the institution. It has a key impact on the success and quality of system interconnections as well as on the shared use of common information systems.
Guideline code
ICT_03200
Mechanism
Mechanism
- In implementing the strategy to develop semantic interoperability resources, the ICT unit, with the assistance of specialized units where applicable, should:
- Establish a development plan for semantic resources based on the work plan for interoperable social security programmes, prioritizing the semantic resources necessary for selected applications;
- Develop an institutional metadata schema including the main concepts and relationships between them, and a metadata management system common to all interoperating institutions;
- Include data quality characteristics in the metadata to enable data consumers to improve the effectiveness of their data use;
- Use standard languages to specify the metadata (i.e. XML for documents and data objects, OWL to specify semantic relationships between concepts);
- Address the impacts on business and services within the implementation plan.
- The ICT unit should use a maturity model for medium- and long-term strategy on metadata management to improve the quality and effectiveness of the semantic resources.
- The ICT unit should develop a communications plan to provide appropriate information on the implementation of metadata systems to social security service areas within the institution.
Parent
Structure
Structure
- The management, with the assistance of the ICT and specialized units, should establish and implement a strategy to develop semantic interoperability resources in order to foster interoperability by providing unambiguous data descriptions.
- The management, in accordance with the institutional framework on interoperability and the workplan for implementing interoperable social security applications, should define duties and responsibilities to carry out a strategy on semantic interoperability resources.
- The strategy on semantic interoperability should be based on the institutional models and standards, such as the institutional interoperability framework, the workplan for implementing interoperability-based programmes, the service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based interoperability application model and the institutional technical standards.
Title HTML
Guideline 24. Institutional semantic interoperability
Type
Guideline_1
Weight
35