Spreading interoperability in
CEN
eProcurement processes
across Europe WS/BII2
Open Seminar
Brussels
December 6, 2012
1
CEN
Overview of the general
approach of CEN BII WS/BII2
Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair
2
It has been quite a jourey…
Date
Venue
Focus
CEN
WS/BII2
Feb. 10
2010
Malmø
•
Kick-off
Mar. 25-26
2010
Delft
•
Agree list of deliverables
Jun. 10-11
2010
Koblenz
•
Work on phase 1 deliverables
Oct. 5-6
2010
Rome
•
WS review of phase 1 deliverables
Dec. 1-2
2010
Brussels
•
•
WS approval of phase 1 deliverables
Approve revised business plan based on Grant
Agreement with the Commission
Mar. 8-9
2011
Athens
•
Initiate phase 2 activities
May 24-25
2011
Stockholm
•
Alternatives for long term governance available
Oct. 4-5
2011
Rome
•
Alternatives for long term governance
Dec. 13-14
2011
Budapest
•
Coordination of deliverables
Feb. 8-9
2012
Luxembourg
•
•
Progress deliverables
Agree solution for long term governance
Jun. 5-6
2012
Reykjavik
•
•
Comment resolution from internal review
Initiate public review
Sep. 25-26
2012
Brussels
•
Comment resolution from public review
Dec. 5
2012
Brussels
•
Approve deliverables
3
…. also intellectually
CEN
WS/BII2
CWA 16073
Stakeholder
requirements
4
CEN
WS/BII2
Some facts and figures

25 organizations from 9 different countries registered as
workshop participants
Type of organization
Number of participants
National stakeholder
7
National or international organisation
10
IT-provider, supplier, etc.
8

These organizations nominated some 90 experts to contribute to
our work.

5 CWAs
104 individual documents included in the publication

BII guides implementation of
standards
CEN
WS/BII2
The focus of BII is on collecting European requirements and to
guidance for consistent implementation of existing
The provide
standards
international developments.

UN/CEFACT
SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES
FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.
The implementation
guide
The implementation
6
CEN
WS/BII2
Our approach
A Profile is a technical
specification describing:
Goal

Requirements


Validation

Syntax
the choreography of the
business process(es) covered,
the electronic business
transactions exchanged as
part of the business process ,
the business rules governing
the execution of that business
process(es), its business
collaborations and business
transactions, as well as any
constraints on information
elements used
the information content of the
electronic business transactions
exchanged.
BII Profiles
CEN
WS/BII2
8
BII syntax binding
CEN
WS/BII2
Defines how information requirements expressed
in a profile can be met by the target XML syntaxes.
9
BII validation tools

CEN
WS/BII2
Tools to ensure that
instance documents
exchanged “on the wire”
conforms to the rules of the
Profile.
10
Core information requirements
CEN
WS/BII2

BII is defining core information requirement models
 the set of information elements sufficient to cater for the
generally expressed business requirements applicable
throughout the European market.

BII specifications can be implemented as is, but are also
intended for further customization.
11
BII addresses the whole
eProcurement process
CEN
WS/BII2

The specifications
provided by BII support the
whole procurement
process


from publication of the
Prior Information Notice
through to the final
Invoice.
Based on, and supports,
relevant EU directives
Consistant eprocurement solution
Pre-awarding phases
call for tender
preparation
eAccess
eSubmission
CEN
WS/BII2
Post-awarding phases
eAwarding contract eOrdering
Fulfilment
eInvoicing
Payment
eProcurement phases
Customer identification
Supplier identification
Item identification
Item Price
Ordered qty.
Delivered qty
Amount due
13
Scalable solutions

CEN
WS/BII2
Trough the use of
Profiles, BII provides
for flexible and
scalable support for
the various business
processes in
eProcurement.
14
BII enables interoperable
e-procurements solutions



CEN
WS/BII2
BII Profiles allow for interoperability
at the organizational level.
BII Information Requirement
Models allow for interoperability at
semantic level.
BII syntax binding and validation
tools supports interoperability at
technical level.
CEN
WS/BII2
A sincere thanks to all 90 experts, and our
editors, who made all this possible!
16