Authors:
Benneth Christiansson
1
and
Fredrik Svensson
2
Affiliations:
1
Karlstad University, Sweden
;
2
Redpill AB, Sweden
Keyword(s):
Open Data Standards, Systems integration.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Organisational Issues on Systems Integration
Abstract:
Governments world-wide are applying information and communication technology in order to meet a broad range of citizen and organizational needs. When planning systems integration the choice should lead to the software that best suits the organizational needs, taking into account price, quality, ease of use, support, reliability, security and other characteristics considered important. This paper is based on experiences from the KOMpiere project which aims at modifying the open source licensed ERP-system Compiere for use in Swedish municipals. The overall goal of the project is to support and enhance the use of open source licensed software in the Swedish public sector and thereby enable municipals to lower their IT-related costs and gain strategic control over their own IT-environment. We discovered that at least some Swedish municipals don’t have free access to the data they are appointed to govern and protect. The software vendors have, by using non-open data standards, excluded th
e municipals from using their own data freely. Thereby denying Swedish municipals an open market. We have in this paper suggested the creation and usage of XML-based ODS for all systems in Swedish municipals.
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