e-Forms – state of play & links with the ontology Jáchym Hercher, European Commission 12th February 2019, Luxembourg jachym.hercher@ec.europa.eu
Outline State of play eForms & the procurement ontology
eForms are available for feedback – please comment! eForms are available for public feedback until 11th March https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2019-797630_en https://github.com/eforms/eforms Act & Annex Explanatory note Draft codelists & preliminary draft business rules
Timing Public feedback on the draft Implementing Reg. (Feb. - Mar. 2019) Draft Implementing Regulation translated into all EU official languages (April 2019) Opinion by EU countries in the Advisory Committee on Public Procurement and adoption by the Commission (May-June 2019) Publication of the technical standard for electronic exchange of notices by the Publication Office of the EU. Start of implementation in Member States (June 2020) Optional use in Member States (June 2022) Mandatory use in Member States (June 2023)
The eForms and the ontology: a story of similarities and differences Both define eNotification data and relationships Differences Context: Directives vs. Independent Purpose: (also) prescriptive vs. (only) descriptive Level: Business Terms (/Fields) vs. Concepts Technology: Legal/XML vs. Ent. Architect./OWL Process: comitology vs. volunteer-based Applicability: binding vs. voluntary https://github.com/eForms/eForms/issues/201
The eForms and the ontology are both similar and different Implications Mutual alignment important eForms’ descriptions narrower than the ontology’s Identical is ideal, mappable is good enough Main implication: Participate in the feedback!