EForms for EGov: Pilot and Demonstration

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E-Forms for E-GovPilot and Demonstration

• Rick Rogers, CEO
• Fenestra Technologies Corporation
• Germantown MD, USA

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Agenda

• Introduction
• E-Forms for E-Gov Pilot
• Purpose
• Sub-Teams
• Deliverables
• XML Standards
• GIDS Project
• Scope
• Components
• Block Diagram
• Metadata Benefits
• Demonstration
• How to participate
• Questions Answers

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Introduction to Rick Rogers

• CEO of Fenestra Technologies Corp.
• Team leader for E-Forms for E-Gov pilot team
• Project Director for Census Generalized
  Instrument Design System (GIDS)

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E-Forms for E-Gov Pilot

• Chartered by XML Web Services Working Group (CIO
  Council)
• Provide quality information on E-Forms issues in
  support of E-Gov initiatives
• Open to public, wide government and vendor
  participation
• Web site www.fenestra.com/eforms/
• XML Standards Based Approach

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E-Forms for E-Gov Pilot

• Sub-teams
• Form Selection
• Schema
• Form Definition (content, presentation, behavior)
• Accessibility
• Security and Records-Keeping
• Services
• Business Case

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E-Forms for E-Gov Pilot

• Deliverables
• Small simplified prototypes
• Example design artifacts (such as XML Schemas)
  plus design process descriptions
• Technology assessment white papers
• Standards assessment white papers (with focus on
  gaps or omissions)
• Definitions of terms and technologies

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XML Standards

• Schema XML Schema
• Response values XML
• Form Content and Behavior - XForms
• Presentation XHTML, XSL-FO, SVG
• Context and Signatures XML-Signature
• Services WSDL, SOAP
• Security Global Web Services Architecture (GXA)

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GIDS Project

• 2002 Economic Census
• 950 paper and electronic forms, 10 pages each,
  sent to 3.5M companies
• Streamline the process of survey design
• Use common data repository for both paper and
  electronic surveys
• Intent to open source GIDS

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GIDS Major Components

• Generalized Instrument Design System (GIDS)
• Forms Designer
• AutoFormatter
• Surveyor

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GIDS Block Diagram
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GIDS Benefits from Meta-data

• Pulling data elements from repository ensures
  seamless flow across systems
• Separating content from presentation allows paper
  and electronic forms simultaneously
• Structuring form meta-data permits
• Reusable question database
• Automatic formatting possible
• (Combined benefit 200 versus 10,000 pages)
• Managing layout and data elements together as
  meta-data allows providing precise coordinates to
  paper data capture system

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GIDS Demonstration

• Demonstrate custom-formatted section
• Demonstrate auto-formatted section
• Demonstrate e-form client

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Pilot/GIDS How to participate

• Visit www.fenestra.com/eforms/
• Upcoming meeting dates published on web site
  next meeting is May 21st
• Use web site to register with sub-teams of
  interest
• People interested in GIDS as open source should
  send e-mail to rick_at_fenestra.com

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Questions Answers

• Please feel free to ask any questions
• Rick Rogers, 301-916-8800 x205 rick_at_fenestra.com