CEN WS/BII2 1 Spreading interoperability in eProcurement processes across Europe Open Seminar Brussels December 6, 2012

CEN WS/BII2 eCatalogue Team Veit Jahns, eCatalogue Team Leader 2

CEN WS/BII2 Goals 1. Support the usage of catalogues in the pre-award phase Elicting and analysing the business requirements on catalogues in the pre-award phase Integration in the existing pre-award phase profile structure 2. Support catalogue subscription Elicting and analysing the business requirements Provide new profile 3. Guideline on quality of catalogues White paper Quality of catalogues guided through quality of the standards 4. Revision of the existing catalogue profiles Document business requirements

CEN WS/BII2 6 organizations from 5 different countries; These organizations have nominated 10 experts to contribute to our work; Meeting routines Combination of regular net and face-to-face meetings (~ 30) Task team lead: Vania Rostagno, CSI Piemont, Italy Veit Jahns, BME/UDE, Germany The task team: Participants Type of organizationNumber of participants National stakeholder4 National or international organization1 IT-provider, supplier, etc.1

CEN WS/BII2 5 The eCatalogues deliverables 5 CWA eCatalogue BII01 – Catalogue only BII02 – Catalogue update BII16 – Catalogue deletion BII33 – Catalogue subscription BII17 – Multi-party catalogue BII34 – Call For Tender with catalogue template BII35 – Tendering with catalogue Business requirements Information requirements model Validation rules Syntax binding to UBL & UN/CEFACT  Guideline on catalogue quality

CEN WS/BII2 6 The eCatalogues deliverables 6 CWA eCatalogue BII34 – Call For Tender with catalogue template BII35 – Tendering with catalogue Catalogue template Catalogue management system Catalogue Both supports product classifcations like GS1 GPC or CA-specific Requirement on the products or services a tender is called for Description of the tendered products and services Contracting Authrity Economic operator query export

CEN WS/BII2 7 The eCatalogues deliverables 7 CWA XXX2 eCatalogue Guideline on catalogue quality Outline of a quality framework Elaboration on the concept of quality with respect to the type of data contained in a catalogue

CEN WS/BII2 The work ahead Overall Standardize procurement in Europe Market profiles Create new standards With respects to catalogues Create awareness about the state-of-the catalogue technology Guide for an extensive usage of product classification Connecting with the (industrial) catalogue community, e.g. CEN WS/eCat 8

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