Semantic Reusable Web Components: A Use Case in  E-Government Interoperability

Slavko Žitnik; Karmen Kern Pipan; Miha Jesenko; Dejan Lavbič

doi:10.31449/upinf.189

Authors

Slavko Žitnik Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko
Karmen Kern Pipan Ministrstvo Republike Slovenije za javno upravo, Direktorat za informatiko
Miha Jesenko Ministrstvo Republike Slovenije za javno upravo, Direktorat za informatiko
Dejan Lavbič Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31449/upinf.189

Keywords:

reusable components, building blocks, digital public services, reusability, software engineering, semantics

Abstract

Advancements in technology and software engineering strive to efficiently build robust technologies and deliver them as fast as possible. It has been shown that both could be achieved by reusing existing implementations, libraries, components, and even frameworks. In the field of public administration, which needs to follow and implement national and EU regulations, it is essential to not only have compatible semantic data structures and processes but also to enable cross-sector and cross-border integrations. In this paper, we present the Digital Europe for All project, more specifically, a use case of a reusable prototype - A web component based on semantic data representation. We show that the component can be easily integrated into an arbitrary Web site and supports arbitrary evidence types, represented using the project's ontologies. Reusing such components enables faster creation of interoperable digital public services and opens new opportunities, better mobility, faster processes, and reduced implementation costs.

Author Biographies

Slavko Žitnik, Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko

Slavko Žitnik is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana. His main research interests are semantic Web and natural language processing, more specifically text mining, information retrieval and information extraction. He is actively collaboration with the industry on his topics of research and has active collaborations with the Harvard University, University of South Florida, and University of Belgrade.

Karmen Kern Pipan, Ministrstvo Republike Slovenije za javno upravo, Direktorat za informatiko

Karmen Kern Pipan is the Head of Data management Department, Office for Development of Digital Solutions, Directorate of Digital Society and Informatics in the Ministry of Public Administration of Republic Slovenia. She is involved in the field of data management, business intelligence, big data analytics, semantics and interoperability solutions to improve data-driven decision making and user experience in public administration. She led an inter-ministerial task force for the preparation of the Public Administration Development Strategy 2015-2020.

Miha Jesenko, Ministrstvo Republike Slovenije za javno upravo, Direktorat za informatiko

Miha Jesenko has a legal-based background with Masters in Law, upgraded by Masters in Information Technology. He works at the Ministry of Public Administration, Information Technology Directorate, in the Data Governance Division. His main areas of work relate to data governace and interoperability, especially semantic inteoperability through work on ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and reference data. An important part of his work is also cooperation in efforts to introduce new technologies to be used by public administration.

Dejan Lavbič, Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko

Dejan Lavbič is an associate professor at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana. His research areas include Information Quality, Semantic Web and Web3, distributed ledger technologies and self-sovereign identity. He collaborated in numerous EU and national-funded projects and has a long track of collaborations with the industry.