Architecture & Standards for e-Government

1. Architecture & Standards for e-Government J Satyanarayana CEO, NISG

2. Contents • Architecture for e-Government • Open Standards • What are open Standards? • Why Open Standards? • Role of Open Standards in National Action Plan • Open Source Software • What is OSS? • Open Standards & Open Source • Interoperability • Building Standards for eGov

3. Why Architect ? When You want to build your house …. You go to an Architect first … Not to an engineer… not to a builder .. Reason? You don’t want to make and break walls .. You want the house to be more livable ! Same is the case with an e-Government Project

4. Scope of Architecture • Architecture is not about Technology alone • We need architectures in other areas too • Process Architecture • People Architecture • Resource Architecture • In this session we deal mainly with Technology Architecture

5. Levels of Architecture • Architecture can be at different levels • Project Level • Program Level • Enterprise Level • State level • National Level • We need increasing care & detail in architecting as we go up the level.

6. How does Architecture help? • Helps align different components of eGov • Technology Architecture to meet business needs • Process Architecture to exploit technology • People Architecture to use technology & new processes • Resource Architecture to use technology & process in providing cost-effective services • Promotes interoperability • Ensures Scalability • Enables planning the degrees of security and reliability • Insulates against disruptive changes in technology, process and people

7. Business Architecture Information Architecture Application Architecture Technology Architecture Security Architecture Business Strategy Implementation Business Drivers Business Goals Business Policy Trends Analysis Business Processes Application Systems Tech. Infrastructure Organizational Structure Enterprise Architecture bridges Strategy& Implementation

8. Value of EA • Provides business with a systematic approach to describing their business: • common language (e.g., “client”, “service”, “goal”) to describe the business • identify gaps in service delivery • Highlights the interdependencies in service delivery across organisation boundaries: • across ministries • within ministries across traditional service delivery boundaries • Identifies gaps in business requirements early in design cycle • Lays foundation for re-use of data, applications and technology • Introduces discipline in developing, documenting and disseminating standards (data, applications, technology, security) • Facilitates cross-project communications

9. US Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) • A Unified Framework for eGov • Templates for all federal government EA • Creates one vocabulary for federal EA • Easy to share data, concepts, products, information • Five models, to describe different aspects • Performance Reference Model (PRM) • Business Reference Model (BRM) • Service Component Reference Model (SRM) • Technical Reference Model (TRM) • Data Reference Model (DRM) • More details at http://www.feapmo.gov

10. Open Standards fore-Government

11. What are Open Standards? • Open Standards are technology specifications • developed collaboratively • followed universally • address common requirements and goals • relate to • product stacks & products • components • interfaces and protocols • Open Standards are based on commonly accepted Principles & Practices

12. Principles & Practice of Open Standards • Availability • Free download via the Internet • Should not cost not more than a college text book • Commercial exploitation allowed • Maximize end-user choice • Wide range of implementations • No royalty • No discrimination • Extension or Subset allowed • Predatory Practice discouraged • To prevent ‘Embrace & Enhance’ tactics by predominant vendor

13. Types of Standards • De Jure Standards set by • Standards Organizations • e.g - HTML, XML, Web Services, TCP/IP, 802.11 • Government • Technologies related to health, drugs, energy, environment • Proprietary Standards • Java, Adobe PDF, WIN32 APIs • De Facto Standards • Java, Adobe • Product Standards • Linux, Java, Windows

14. W3C IETF IEEE OASIS ETSI ECMA WIFI WS-I PCI-SIG PCMCIA RosettaNet HL7 Standards Organizations

15. Why Open Standards?(1) • Optimize options of products & components • Multiple vendors offering the same interfaces • Mix & Match possible due to ‘Hot Swappability’ • Choices can be made incrementally • Reduce Risk • Vendor independence • Assurance of continued support in future • Reduced Cost • Lower costs due to competition • Reduced cost of changing products/vendors • Increased ROI • Shorter learning curve for developers, maintenance staff

16. Why Open Standards?(2) • Inter-operability • Components with standard interfaces • Simpler & quicker integration • Integration across the entire chain • of internal departments • external entities, customers, departments • Higher Quality resulting from • Open competition • Broader participation of peer groups • Early identification & resolution of bugs

17. Open Standards&Open Source Software

18. What is OSS/FS? • Open Source Software • Source code available to the user • Free redistribution permitted • Unrestricted use of the software • Integrity of the author’s code to be protected • Free Software • Source code available to the user • Freedom to run the program for any purpose • Freedom to modify, improve and redistribute

19. Open Standards & Open Source

20. Interoperability • Interoperability is the capability of the components to function together to share in the fulfillment of a process • Components can be • Within a system OR • Spanning across disparate systems/ enterprises • Interoperability enables us to • automate processes that transcend technologies, platforms, languages and customizations.

21. e-Services Development Framework of UK High Level Architecture Models GCIM Government Common Information Model GDSC Government Data Standards Catalogue GMRM Government Message Reference Model e-GIF e-Government Inter-operability Framework Reusable Elements Reusable Business Processes Coding Schemes & Vocabularies Reusable Design Components Reusable Technology Components e-Service Development Requirements Design Implementation

22. Developing Standards for eGov

23. Standards Life Cycle 1 Identify Areas For Standardization Standards Infrastructure 3 2 Testing & Certification Develop Standards

24. Methodology Output can be Standards Software Tools Prepare Draft Standards Conduct Public Inquiry Accept Work Area Standards Methodology Review & Adopt Standards Output can also be Policies Guidelines Specifications Publish Standards

25. Standards ++ • Standards are necessary.. • but not sufficient • e-Government is more than technology • Process, People, Resources • We need Models, Frameworks & Guidelines • Models – Business Models, Process Models • Frameworks – PPP, Capacity Building, KM, Assessments • Guidelines – Procurement, Evaluation

26. Target Areas for Standard-setting

27. Target Areas for Standard-setting

28. Target Areas for Standard-setting

29. Working Draft Guidelines Specifications Software Tools SG1 SG2 2 Support Groups WG1 WG2 WG6 6 Working Groups Functional Model of eGSI eGSI = eGov Standards Institution Standards Approval Body eGSI OUTPUTS 6 Interest Groups Internet 2

30. Conclusion • Developing Enterprise Architecture is an essential first step in eGov Panning. • Promotion of Open Standards is imperative for progress on a large e-Gov program • Interoperability • Cost & Time saving • Better Competition • Creation of a National Level Institution for Architecture & Standards is quite pivotal to achieve notable success

31. Thank You ceo@nisg.org