1. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest IPEX – The next version A preview of ongoing work to redesign the IPEX website Jerry Hilbert European Parliament, DG ITEC (DIT)

2. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest IPEX is An EU inter-parliamentary network of correspondents to exchange information on legislation and policies A comprehensive website to support this exchange of information (www.ipex.eu)www.ipex.eu A reference site for national parliaments to publish and share their results of EU related parliamentary scrutiny, as well as on issues related to subsidiarity INTRODUCTION

3. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Why IPEX Cope with the growing relevance of EU information exchange among parliaments Facilitate and improve exchange of parliamentary scrutiny, especially in national parliaments Increase transparency of EU decision making INTRODUCTION

4. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Statistics of pages added INTRODUCTION

5. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Homepage CURRENT SITE

6. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Legislative dossier – Dossier page CURRENT SITE

7. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Legislative dossier – Scrutiny page CURRENT SITE

8. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest 2009 -2010 May 2009: Annual Correspondents meeting 2009 suggested enhancements and improvements for the IPEX website October 2009: the TWIG was established by the IPEX Board December 2009: The Lisbon Treaty came into force early 2010: EP agreed to fund the developments January-March 2010: Meetings of the TWIG May 2010: IPEX Board approved specifications CHANGE IS IN THE AIR …

9. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Technical aspects Old site: Based on the Open Source WCMS Jahia (http://www.jahia.org)http://www.jahia.org Advantage: - existing CMS framework, coping with multilingual aspects - quick initial development - easy hands-on for the users (contributors) Disadvantage: - performance issues if the content has a high turnover - considerable investment to migrate to recent versions which correct issues - huge investment to answer specific needs (notification, webservices,..) CHANGE IS IN THE AIR …

10. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Technical aspects New site:specific CMS (Java, Javascript (JQuery, ExtJS), Spring, Hibernate, SolR (Lucene)) - Focus on the specificities and new needs of IPEX - Back office separated from frontend (website) - Performance optimized - Specific functions are easily implemented -Common rendering of output -New web services proposed CHANGE IS IN THE AIR …

11. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Technical aspects CHANGE IS IN THE AIR …

12. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Updated and improved site structure Redesign the homepage Review and standardize the page structure FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

13. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Public Homepage SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE Language selection Search General news (changing) Calendar Sections explained EU documents new/deadline Links Main menu

14. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Standard structure of an IPEX page SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE

15. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Updated and improved site structure Redesign the Dossier page and structure - complete and comprehensive outline - include comments and responses from all actors - information related to the informal political dialogue FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

16. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Documents & Dossier page (1) SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE

17. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Documents & Dossier page (2) SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE

18. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Documents & Dossier page (3) SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE

19. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Scrutiny page (1) SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE

20. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Improved accessibility Language issues Provide means for - allowing navigation possibly in all EU languages - contributions from National Parliaments in English or French and/or in another language - list the availability of other language versions - apply a substitution rule if a language version is not available WAI level A compliance FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

21. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Search facilities & Personalisation Extended advanced search - a more modern and complete search Full text search - include content from uploaded documents Saved searches - RSS and Notifications FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

22. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Private Homepage SCREENSHOT - WEBSITE

23. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Forum – Back office - Websites Forum Provide spaces restricted to identified users for exchanging information about legislative proposals or other documents Ease adding and editing of content Incorporate other web site - EU Speakers conference FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

24. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Back office: A desktop in the browser (ExtJS) SCREENSHOT BACK OFFICE

25. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Back office: A desktop in your browser (ExtJS) SCREENSHOT BACK OFFICE

26. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Back office: example of a Scrutiny SCREENSHOT BACK OFFICE

27. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Integration with other information systems Direct transmission from the European Commission to IPEX … following contacts to decide the transmission modalities Negotiated receipts from the Council of the European Union … following contacts to decide the transmission modalities Retrieval of information from the Publication Office Exchanges by XML feed with National Parliaments FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

28. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest WEBSERVICES in GENERAL WEBSERVICES

29. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest XML Feed = Transmission of scrutinies [old architecture] WEBSERVICES

30. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest XML Feed = Transmission of scrutinies [new architecture] WEBSERVICES

31. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest Requirements … not everything can be solved by IT Technical working group to get in contact with the European Commission and the Council of the European Union for defining the transmission modalities for documents Recommendation for open document formats Language issue FEATURES OF THE NEXT VERSION

32. IPEX - The next version ECPRD ICT seminar, 17-20 November 2010, Bucharest In brief … Reviewed structure of the website and the core product Different technology used Back office separated from the website Recent browser requested for contributors (IE 7, Firefox 2, Chrome 3, Safari 3, …)* XML feed: AXIS (phase out) replaced by SPRING (smaller change) IMPORTANT * Following a survey done in October 2010, only 1 chamber out of 29 that answered may have a concern (only using IE6)