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Technical policies for business area specifications are outlined in the e-GIF.
Table 15 Specification for specific business areas - miscellaneous
| Industry Standard and Sponsoring Organisation |
Areas covered by the standards developed by the organisation |
e-GIF status and area of applicability A = Adopted R = Recommended U = Under review F = For future consideration |
|
| UK GovTalk Sponsor: Delivery and Transformation Group |
e-government | A | Mandatory e-GIF schema |
| Legal XML Sponsor: OASIS |
Legal Document Management | R | The DCA has not adopted "legal XML" schema as it's standard. This position may change if equivalent "legal XML" schema are developed which are more suitable for use in England and Wales. |
| HR-XML (Human Resources XML) Sponsor: HR-XML Consortium |
Human Resource Management | R | To be considered for Human Resources Exchange applications |
| NewsML Sponsor: International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) |
e-news | R | |
| OAGIS (Open Applications Group Integration Specification) Sponsor: Open Applications Group, Inc. |
Business Object Documents | U | The OAGI has developed the largest set of business messages and integration scenarios for enterprise application integration and business-to-business (B2B) integration. OAGI uses ebXML as its implementation architecture |
| EML (Election Mark-up Language) Sponsor: OASIS |
e-Voting | R | Being trialled in UK local government elections. See EML(UK). |
| MOD Defence Data Repository (ACCORD) Sponsor: MOD Central Data Management Authority (part of MOD Director General Information) |
Defence | R | A web-enabled system for creating, submitting, reviewing and approving Data Definitions for MOD use. A read-only version of ACCORD is available on the Internet |
| Draft Extensible (X3D) International Standard Sponsor: web3d and ISO |
Virtual Reality | R | See current draft of ISO/IEC FDIS 19775: 200x |
| ISO/IEC 14772-1:1997 Sponsor: ISO |
Virtual Reality | R | |
| Geography Markup Language (GML) version 2.1.2 Sponsor: Open GIS Consortium (OGC) |
Geospatial data | R | Currently version 2.1.2 of GML is supported by products that are compliant to Ordnance Survey standards |
| GML (Geography Markup Language) Sponsor: Open GIS Consortium (OGC) |
Geospatial data | U | Migration to the latest version of the GML specification depends on product/market support and alignment with the ISO standard for GML. |
| ISO/IEC CD 19136 Geographic information - Geography Markup Language |
Geospatial data | U | Aligned with OGC version 2.1.2 of GML |
| Sponsor: SyncML |
Content Syndication and Synchronization | R | Applicability to e-GIF to be studied. SyncML is the common language for synchronizing devices and applications over a network |
Table 16 Specification for specific business areas - e-Learning
| Industry Standard and Sponsoring Organisation |
e-GIF status A = Adopted R = Recommended U = Under review F = For future consideration |
|
| IMS Content Packaging (V1.1.2) Information Model Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Content Packaging (V1.1.2) XML Binding Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| SCORM 1.2 Content Aggregation Model application profile Sponsor: ADL |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| SCORM 1.2 Runtime API application profile Sponsor: ADL |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IEEE 1484.12.1: 2002 LOM Sponsor: IEEE |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Meta-data (V1.2.1) XML Binding Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Question and Test Interoperability (V1.2.1) Information Model Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Question and Test Interoperability (V1.2.1) XML Binding Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Enterprise (V1.1) Information Model Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Enterprise (V1.1) XML Binding Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Learner Information Package (V1.0) Information Model Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Learner Information Package (V1.0) XML Binding Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Reusable Definition of Competency or Educational Objective (V1.0) Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Digital Repositories (V1.0) Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Simple Sequencing (V1.0) Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Learning Design (V1.0) Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
U | Under review by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications (V1.0) Sponsor: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| BS7988 A code of practice for the use of IT in the delivery of assessments Sponsor: BSI |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| BS8426 A code of practice for e-support in electronic learning systems Sponsor: BSI |
R | Recommended for consideration by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| BS8419 Interoperability between Metadata Systems used for Learning, Education and Training Sponsor: BSI |
F | This is under development and will be considered in the future by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
| BS8788 UK Lifelong Learning Profile - 'UKLeaP' Sponsor: BSI |
F | This is under development and will be considered in the future by DTG/DfES e-learning Working Groups |
Table 17 Specification for specific business areas - e-Health and social care
| Industry Standard and Sponsoring Organisation |
e-GIF status A = Adopted R = Recommended U = Under review F = For future consideration |
|
| Health Level Seven (HL7) v3 Sponsor: HL7-UK |
A | HL7 is adopted by NHS Information Standards Board as a strategic direction for the NHS. Individual standards will need to be ratified by HL7-UK and by the NHS Information Standards Board for use in NHS England and Wales |
| NHS Data Dictionary Sponsor: NHS Information Authority |
A | Contains nationally agreed NHS data standards which are mandatory within the NHS |
| SNOMED Clinical Terms Sponsor: NHS Information Authority |
A | SNOMED Clinical Terms creates a single unified terminology to underpin the development of the integrated electronic patient record by providing an essential building block for a common computerised language for use across the world |
| Schemas supported by the Scottish Health and Community Care XML Steering Group |
R | Adopted by NHS Scotland for use in Scotland |
Table 18 Specification for specific business areas - finance
| Industry Standard and Sponsoring Organisation |
e-GIF status A = Adopted R = Recommended U = Under review F = For future consideration |
|
| XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) Sponsor: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. |
A | Used for financial reporting, has been adopted by the Inland Revenue for XML based forms and corporation tax taxonomy |
| RIXML (Research Information Exchange Markup Language) |
U | Applicability to e-GIF to be studied. A financial content format, essentially financial analysis and reports |
| IFX (Interactive Financial eXchange) Sponsor: The IFX Forum |
U | Applicability to e-GIF to be studied. A financial transport and exchange format. For example between bank and enterprise |
| OFX (Open Financial Exchange) Sponsor: CheckFee, Intuit and Microsoft |
U | Applicability to e-GIF to be studied. Open Financial Exchange is the solution to the financial services industry's need for a simplified way to exchange electronic financial data with consumers and small businesses |
Table 19 Specification for specific business areas - commerce, purchasing and logistics
| Industry Standard and Sponsoring Organisation |
Areas covered by the standards developed by the organisation | e-GIF status A = Adopted R = Recommended U = Under review F = For future consideration |
|
| eBIS XML Sponsor: BASDA (Business Application Software Developers Association) |
e-commerce Purchasing |
R | Recommended, but only for purchase orders and invoicing applications. The DTG is considering the further application of this standard |
| ebXML (Electronic Business XML) Messaging Sponsor: OASIS |
e-commerce Purchasing Logistics |
R | The DTG is considering the application of this standard for reliable messaging |
| ebXML (Registry Information Model and ebXML Registry Services) Sponsor: OASIS |
e-commerce Purchasing Logistics |
R | The DTG is considering the application of this standard |
| ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profiles (CPPs) and Collaboration Protocol Agreements (CPAs). Sponsor: OASIS |
e-commerce Purchasing Logistics |
U | The DTG is considering the application of this standard |
| ebXML (Electronic Business XML) UN/CEFACT ebXML Business Process Specification Schema Sponsor: UN/CEFACT |
e-commerce Purchasing Logistics |
U | The DTG is considering the application of this standard |
| UN/CEFACT ebXML Core Components Specification Sponsor: UN/CEFACT |
e-commerce Purchasing Logistics |
R | The DTG is considering the application of this standard |
| UBL (Universal Business Language) Sponsor: OASIS |
e-commerce Purchasing Logistics |
R | The DTG is considering the application of this standard. Note: xCBL effort at CommerceOne moved to UBL at OASIS |
| EAN.UCC (General EAN.UCC Specifications Sponsor: EAN.UCC |
e-commerce | R | The EAN.UCC Specifications include standards for the identification of items, such as trade items, logistic units, returnable and individual assets, global location numbers (GLNs), service relationships, special applications, small healthcare items |
Table 20 Specification for specific business areas - workflow and web services
| Industry Standard and Sponsoring Organisation |
Areas covered by the standards developed by the organisation | e-GIF status A = Adopted R = Recommended U = Under review F = For future consideration |
|
| ebXML Business Process Specification Schema Sponsor OASIS |
Workflow/Web services | U | Applicability to e-GIF to be studied by Workflow Working Group. The XML version of the ebXML Business Process Specification Schema provides the specification for XML based instances of ebXML Business Process Specifications, and as a target for production rules from other representations |
| OASIS Business Transaction Protocol v1.0 (June 2002) Sponsor OASIS |
Workflow/Web services | U | Applicability to e-GIF to be studied by Workflow Working Group. Designed to allow coordination of application work between multiple participants owned or controlled by autonomous organizations |
| Wf-XML (Workflow XML) Sponsor: Workflow Management Coalition |
Workflow | R | This schema defines a language used to exchange information among Workflow Management Systems |