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A Common Data Model for Once-Only Cross-Border Data Exchanges in Europe

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Konstantinos Douloudis,

Andriana PrentzaAuthors Info & Claims

ICEGOV '21: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

Pages 223 - 230

https://doi.org/10.1145/3494193.3494224

Published: 12 January 2022 Publication History

Abstract

The Once-Only Principle has evolved into a main keystone of the European Union (EU)’s overall digital agenda in the coming years, as well as existing EU Regulations with the purpose of easing the free movement of citizens and businesses between Member State (MS) countries. This principle aims at lowering administrative burdens by giving information only once when interacting with public administrations. However, concerning cross-border settings, maintaining the interoperability between the different digital services offered by various EU public administrations can be a difficult task. This paper presents a common Exchange Data Model (EDM) for describing once-only cross-border message transactions in a more cohesive and unified way by utilizing existing open European standards and technical specifications as building blocks. Moreover, the proposed EDM specification is part of the EU financed Large-Scale Pilot “The Once-Only Principle Project” (TOOP) and the results of the specification piloting within the project's context are also presented.

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ICEGOV '21: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

October 2021

557 pages

ISBN:9781450390118

DOI:10.1145/3494193

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Euripidis Loukis
University of the Aegean, Greece
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Marie Anne Macadar
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen
United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
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Mário Peixoto
United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal

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ICEGOV 2021: 14th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

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