Standardisation Board and Forum

On this page you will find a summary of this website in english.

The Standardisation Board and Standardisation Forum were established by decree (PDF | 114kB) by the Minister of Economic Affairs on 27 March 2006.

The Standardisation Forum supports the Dutch government in the use, development and establishment of open standards for electronic exchange. In this way it promotes interoperability, not only within the Dutch government system itself, but also in the relations between government agencies on the one hand and citizens and companies on the other.

Most documents relating to the activities of the Forum are only availabe in dutch. However, some reports are either translated or originally drafted in english. Links to these documents can be found on this page. The documents are organized by topic. 

Authentication

• Exploring Authentication in the Netherlands, March 2007 (PDF | 95kB)
• Assurance levels for authentication for electronic government services (PDF | 1,4 MB)

E-government in Estonia

• Estonian IT Interoperability Framework (PDF | 243kB)

Governance of standardisation

• Governance of open standards (PDF | 1,3 MB), is a guide for government organisations that describes the tools a CIO or information manager can employ to help his organisation to adopt and use open standards. Published in september 2011.

Interoperability

• Interoperability Agenda, Jan. 2009 (PDF | 205kB)
• International survey Interoperability & standardisation, March 2011 (PDF | 900 kB)

Interoperability Framework

• Towards a Dutch Interoperability Framework, Dec. 2007 (PDF | 1.2MB)

Multimedia Formats

• Introduction Document on Multimedia Formats, June 2010 (PDF | 3.7MB)

ODF & ODS

• ODF Policy options for the Dutch government (PDF | 624kB)
• Open Document Standards Guide for the Dutch government (PDF | 114kB )

Open Standards (in general)

• Factsheet (PDF | 7.1MB)
• Assessment Procedure and Criteria for Lists of Open Standards (PDF | 642KB)
• Management and development model for open standards (BOMOS) version 2, parts I and II

Open standards - expert recommendations

• NEN-ISO 19005-1:2005 (PDF/A-1) (PDF | 187kB)
• SAML v 2.0 (PDF | 2.0MB)
• Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) v 2.0 (PDF | 366kB)
• XBRL v 2.1 (PDF | 361kB)
• IPv6 (PDF | 168kB)

PDF 1.7

• Submission form (PDF | 96kB)
• Expert Recommendation (PDF | 367kB)
• Consultation document (PDF | 156kB)
• Standardisation Board Memo (PDF | 156kB)

Semantics

• In so many words (PDF | 351kB), is an article by Paul Oude Luttighuis and Mariette Lokin on semantic interoperability across organisations and domains.

More information?

For further information you can contact the Board and Forum at:

Telephone: +31 70 8887776
e-mail: forumstandaardisatie@logius.nl