1. e-Forms – state of play & links with the ontology
Jáchym Hercher, European Commission
12th February 2019, Luxembourg

2. Outline
State of play
eForms & the procurement ontology

3. eForms are available for feedback – please comment!
eForms are available for public feedback until 11th March
Act & Annex
Explanatory note
Draft codelists & preliminary draft business rules

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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:
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