What is LIFO? The Location Interoperability Framework Observatory (LIFO) monitors the implementation of location interoperability good practices in European public administrations, based on the level of adoption of recommendations in the EULF Blueprint. The EULF Blueprint provides guidance for the implementation of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) in the geospatial domain. Consequently, the LIFO complements the EIF monitoring mechanism operated by the National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO). LIFO data collection is carried out using the EUSurvey tool. The first LIFO…

What are semantic resources? Why are they useful? How is the ELISE Action contributing? Check out our semantic resources Semantic Assets Semantic assets or semantic resources is a collection of highly reusable metadata or reference data, which organisations have agreed are essential to understand the meaning of the information they exchange. Semantic assets are defined as ontologies, data models, dictionaries, code lists, XML and RDF schemas used for information exchange. Implementers of Information systems reuse them in machine-to-machine interfaces (Rodriguez et al., 1992). Semantic…

The European Union Location Framework (EULF) Blueprint is a guidance framework for optimising the use of location information in policy and digital public services. It is fully aligned with the European Interoperability Framework (EIF), through its consideration of all aspects of 'location interoperability'. The Blueprint was initially developed in the EULF project in the ISA programme. The content has received periodic updates to reflect latest developments through the European Location Interoperability Solutions (ELISE) project in the ISA2 programme. Please select one of the following: Get…