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Title: CECA XML Specification Version 4.3

Subject: Property

Status: agreed
Published Date: 5/12/2005
Version: 4.3
Description: This is the latest version of the CECA XML Schema and Web Service Specification that has been enhanced considerably to support new initiatives managed by the Office of Government Commerce as part of the e-Pims application portfolio. The specification now supports the exchange of Government Core Civil Estate and Land data and provides additional structures supporting the exchange of related management data. The web service specification has also been enhanced based on consultations and development of the web service interface following the publication of v3.0 of this specification.

Notes: The e-Pims application suite is a set of browser based applications supported and hosted by OGC for use by public sectors bodies, which focus on the management of the Civil Estate and as support tools to the efficiency and Lyons initiatives.

DAO (Gen) 01/96, which incorporates the Civil Estate Co-ordination Agreement (CECA), placed a requirement on departments to update core data about their occupations. Most departments have had difficulty in delivering this information electronically because of problems with the linkage between their database systems and OGC's database. The information exchange that takes place is achieved largely as a result of local, face-to-face liaison meetings - often a laborious and time consuming exercise.

In response to a Modernising Government White Paper initiative, OGC developed an electronic Property Information Mapping Service (e-PIMS) of government's civil property occupations, which will accept and deliver bulk data according to the schemas defined in this document. In addition OGC have also developed additional applications supporting Surplus Land, Government Relocation and The Lyons Initiative that are in turn supported by schemas and web service interfaces defined in this specification.

Following the Gershon efficiency and Lyon's reviews, HM Treasury issued DAO (Gen) 08/05 on the 4th July 2005 mandating the use of e-PIMS for all Central Civil Departments to ensure an accurate central register of all property occupations and land interests was maintained.

The government Relocation and Asset Management Division within the Access to Skills and Knowledge Directorate of OGC manages this central database of property details. The CECA agreement specifies a framework for the update and maintenance of the core property data held in the OGC database, based on data held in other departments estate management systems.

An initiative is underway to facilitate the transfer of data held within the applications between the database managed by OGC and other Estate Management databases managed by individual departments. The main use of the schema will be to support initial bulk data upload and subsequent synchronisation of information.

This initiative is developed in line with the government's own e-Gif standards, but is essentially designed for use within the public sector, to facilitate the improvement in quality and accuracy of Civil Estate, land and related data.

XML is being used extensively within the e-Government initiative to facilitate communication, with this in mind CECA is utilising XML as the key data format for bulk data transfer.

The period of consultation for this specification was set at 6 weeks, the closing date was 1st February 2006.
   

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