Home | Mtg Index |This Agenda | Item A | Item B | Item C | Item D | Minutes | Participation Records | Disclaimer | CopyrightNSW GOVERNANCE ICT BOARDWHY AS4590 IS SO IMPORTANT FOR "DATA INTEROPERATBILITY STANDARDS"
A Philip GAETJENS (Chair), Secretary, The Treasury
B Blair COMLEY, Secretary, Department of Premier and Cabinet
C Dr Michele BRUNIGES, Secretary, Department of Education
and Communities
D Dr Mary FOLEY, Secretary, NSW Ministry of Health
E Mark PATERSON AO, Secretary, Department of Trade and
Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services
F David STEWART, Secretary, Transport for NSW
G Andrew CAPPIE-WOOD, Secretary, Department of Police and
Justice
H Michael COUTTS-TROTTER, Secretary, Department of Family
and Community Services
I Michael PRATT, Customer Service Commissioner, Chair of
the Service NSW Board
J Anthony WONG, Chair of the ICT Advisory Panel
Mon 23 Mar 2015 Recipient:61214Ia1
REF:ACAGCNN1 Y/R: NSW Digital Economy
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Philip GAETJENS E: contact@treasury.nsw.gov.au
Chair NSW Governance ICT Board F: {61}(2)9976-2993
NSW TREASURY M: {61}(0)
127 Phillip St SYDNEY 2000 P: {61}(2)9228-4567
Dear Mr GAETJENS cc Members Parliament
WHY AS4590 IS SO IMPORTANT FOR "DATA INTEROPERABILITY"
Further to our letter Thu 12 Mar re "why Current Data Interoperability is costly
and not in the Public Interest" further research of the "Data Interoperability
Standards" as published on the Department of Finance Website has been conduct:
A Standard Approach to Metadata (pdf) Jul 2014 v.1.0
B Standard Approach to Information Architecture (pdf) Dec 2013 v.1.0
C Standard for Customer Reference Data (pdf) Dec 2013 v.1.0
D Standard for Spatially Enabling Information (pdf) Dec 2013 v1.0
E Standard for Human Services Classification (pdf) Mar 2014 v.1.0
F Standard for Data Quality Reporting (pdf) Sep 2014 v1.0
This research has revealed the following evidence:
D Standard for Spatially Enabling Information (pdf) Dec 2013 v1.0
This Standard states on p8/15 {Att A}
5.2 Verifying Address Information
"Address information captured by the agency should be appropriate to the
agency's purpose, but should also consider the potential utility of the information
across government
Address information should be fit for purpose to enable analysis of government
services delivery by address, and should therefore be verified against
authoritative reference address date, following applicable standards and guidelines
Address data recorded by agencies should:
1 Comply with the requirements of AS4590 Interchange of Client Information
2 Include the official address (ie street number, road name, road type,
locality name etc; and
3 Include the persistent ID of the verified address as recorded in the
reference dataset
B STANDARD MUST USE "MANDATORY" NOT "SHOULD"
In most Standards the word "Mandatory" or "Must" is used rather than "Should"
This issue is particularly important for cost effective "Data Interoperability" so that
the format of the address data does not have checked for each electronic transaction
C AS4590 STANDARD OWNED BY "RED WAHOO"
In 2006 Standards Australia [SIA}, the Australian Computer Society [ACS]and the
Australian Information Industry Association [AIIA] were informed that AS4590
Interchange of Client Information had both a simple and complex address format
in the same standard
On 31 Oct 2009 Standards Australia announced it had a "new business model"
{Att B - Standards Australia "Feedback on new Business Model"}
In 2010 Red Wahoo published a document {Att C} that states"
"Our work over the last 6 years includes the following key projects
a Author Australian Government Name and Address XML Schema Standard
b Author of the Australian Government B2B profile for Web Services
c Author of the Data Model for National Electronic Development
Applications (Building Permits)
Red Wahoo is an active participant and contributor to international standards
development efforts including:
A Chair of the UN/CEFACT Business Collaboration Scheme Specification
(BCSS) working group
B Chair and Lead Architect of the UN/CEFACT sponsored effort to develop
UMM plug-in tool set for use with a common UML modeling tool
C Contributor to the OASIS eBBP (ebXML Business Process) specification
NEXT STEPS
We would ask to meet with the Board to discuss important changes necessary for
effective Data Interoperability between Government Agencies
Yours sincerely Att A 2014 Std Spatially Enable Info-AS4950B 2009 Standards Aus New Bus ModelC 2010 Red Wahoo Author Aus B2B Stds
Peter AXTENS LLB (Retired)
Official Agent
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN]
{61}(0)416-009-468 Public Officer
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