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Title: CECA XML Specification Version 3.0

Subject: Property

Status: agreed
Published Date: 23/9/2003
Version: 3.0
Description: Following on from first successful implementation of the CECA XML Specification to exchange Civil Estate data between ePims and the National Probation Directorate, this specification has been enhanced to introduce standards for the development of web services to support data exchange.

This version introduces the CECAWebServices specification, a set of schemas and web service definitions for use by parties wishing to exchange data with ePims.

Notes: The CECA agreement was issued under the Dear Accounting Officer letter DAO GEN 1/96 and set out the agreed procedures to be followed by OGC (formerly PACE) and departments in co-ordinating activity in the property market and in co-ordinating rationalisations of Civil Estate property.

It also sets out the obligations placed on departments to provide OGC with the information necessary to successfully undertake these co-ordination functions, but responsibility for property decisions moved to the owning departments.

OGC, in addition to the co-ordination and estate rationalisation functions, also held and maintained all Core Estate data on a central database. The Civil Estate is estate owned or leased by a government department (including non-Ministerial departments and Crown NDBP?s).

Property is usually held in the name of the Secretary of State for the Environment, but may be held in the name of another Government Minister, or in the name of a Government Agency. The Agreement extends to all Civil estate property in Great Britain with the exception of the NHS Estate, the Prison Estate, the Foreign Office Overseas Estate and the Defence Estate.

OGC and Departments share a common interest in the timely exchange of key information. The CECA agreement stipulates that departments will provide OGC with updated information relating to the update and maintenance of Civil Estate property and occupation data.

This XML initiative is directed toward the support of the Core element of the CECA agreement and the implementation of linkages between government departments for the sharing of Civil Estate data. Core data is defined as specific information about individual properties (eg address, number of floors etc) which departments are required to provide to OGC 
   

This schema can be downloaded in the following formats: