1. Health & Consumers DG SANCO Unit A.4 Information systems
Member State Administrators’ management of TRACES reference data via web services– state of play
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Contents
Background, summary and objective
Functional overview
Cities web service
Current status
Business web service
Future steps
Cities
Businesses
Using the service – impact for MS Admins (MSA) and for TRACES
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3. Background and summary
TRACES web service exchange project for cities and businesses presented in Palermo, October 2009
Pilot project: SANCO, Denmark, Greece, Italy (France)
Cities exchange functionality demonstrated in April 2010
Business exchange development started
Some delays due to shifting priorities
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Objective
Align and harmonise the ways in which TRACES reference data (= cities and businesses) is handled
Give MSA the opportunity to take active ownership of its reference data
Eventually arrive at one reference database, which is shared by multiple applications’ dedicated DBs
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5. Current situation - without the service
Create certificate
Internet
Cities update (.xls)
Cleanup tool
TRACES user
- New Certificate
- New Business
EC Administrator
New cities list
Cities update (.xls)
TRACES
New cities list
Create prevalid
business
Purge duplicate businesses
Member State Administrator
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6. Future situation – with the service
Create certificate
Internet
XML(cities)
XML(businesses)
TRACES user
EC Administrator
New Certificate
XML(cities)
XML(businesses)
TRACES
Cities updates
Business updates
Valid business
Member State Administrator
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Functional Overview
Secure connection (https, SANCAS)
Different access mechanisms:
XMLGate web UI: allows for manual, file-based access
Webservices API: allows for automated access
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Cities web service
XSD schemas available (on CIRCA)
City name, postal code, LVU, GIS coordinates
First implementation on existing prototype under “XMLGateV1”
Offline tool (Java application) created to help MSA pre-process large number of cities prior to upload
Tests with MS in February – April 2010
April 2010: successful test of 101 cities updated in a single service call
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Business web service
XSD schemas available (to be published on CIRCA)
Name, address, establishment type, activity codes, approval number, vehicle fleet info etc.
Implementation based on “XMLGateV2” web services access point
Offline tool not currently foreseen
CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update Delete) foreseen, as well as a Status operation to check staus of ongoing operations
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10. Business web service ctd.
Status:
Obtain status / result of outstanding operations
Create:
One at a time or batch
Status response: indication of risk of duplicate, but:
The business is always created
It is the responsibility of MSA to avoid that duplicates occur
Read:
Flexible selection criteria (city, postal code…)
Status response: list of businesses
Update:
Subject to business rules
Status response: list of error codes
Delete:
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Next steps
Business web service
Implement CRUD operations
Deploy in acceptance environment
Tests with pilot MS
Cities web service
Migrate to “XMLGateV2” architecture (allows return codes and data and also web service callback)
Adapt offline tool for XMLGateV2 protocol change
Integrate cities web service to framework for the business web service
Deployment in production: target Q1 2011
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12. MSA initialising the service
MSA requests to use the service
ECADM runs “SANCOClean” tool on MSA’s country, duplicate businesses are purged
ECADM provides MSA with:
purged TRACES business list
current TRACES cities list
login credentials
Creation of “prevalid” businesses in the country comes under “web services” regime (i.e. blocked)
SANCOClean tool is run once more, to purge out duplicates created while the MS connection was set up
From now on, MSA is responsible for managing its cities and businesses
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TRACES interface
Creating a business will depend on:
Member State (“automated” or “non-automated”)
type of activity (Transporter, Bovine Holding…)
Status “Prevalid” will no longer exist for a “web service enabled” country-type combination:
A “non-automated” MSA can not create a business in an “automated” MS
An “automated” MSA can create a business in a “non-automated” MS
NB: The case of “legitimate pre-valid” businesses needs still to be addressed
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14. Questions & Discussion
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