Dutch Standardisation Forum - "Comply or explain"-standards
Contains all standards from the 'Comply or Explain' list of the Dutch Standardisation Forum
Standardisation
Last update: 23/04/2018
ICCS-CIEC Civil Status Forms
About ICCS-CIEC The International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS), an intergovernmental organisation consisting of 15 member states, intends to facilitate the cross-border exchange of information regarding civil status data between registrars. Since its foundation in 1948, the ICCS organization has developed 33 conventions, written 9 recommendations to its member states and compiled documentation on legislation and case-law of the member states. In the context of the active conventions, specific document templates have been formulated in order to facilitate the harmonized document creation…
Demography and population
Last update: 31/03/2023
EUPL for DigiD app (NL)
The Dutch government uses several login methods: SMS verification, Username and password, Identity card reader and a specific application: DigiD app, which is presented as the easiest way to log in securely. This is because users no longer have to remember a complicated password, but only a device PIN code of their choice. DigiD app users can arrange everything for their digital ID, such as changing their e-mail address or the language setting. The app can be used on up to 5 different devices. The DigiD source code has been disclosed on GitHub in response to a request under the Dutch Open…
eGovernmenteIdentity and eSignature+2 topics
Last update: 26/01/2023
No competition infringement for sharing Open Source software
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has upheld its decision not to investigate allegations that several municipalities in the country are unfairly competing with software companies by publishing source code as open source. The software in question, ID Contact (repository), is an innovation pilot developed by the municipalities of Arnhem, Nijmegen, and the Drechtsteden, which allows residents to securely identify themselves remotely and exchange personal data. ID Contact has a focus on ease-of-use and reliability. Because it is Open Source, other companies and municipalities can...
Open Source Software
Last update: 30/09/2021
VocBench 3 v10.0 is now available
VocBench is a web-based, multilingual, collaborative development platform for managing and sharing reference data and controlled lists of codes and terms used to organise information. With persistent URIs, managed concepts are correctly referenced in any domain. Developed in a context neutral way as an open-source project, it can be deployed or further developed for any sector wanting to have authentic reference data/codes made available for information systems and human users. Reference data, such as code lists and authority tables, means data that are used solely to characterise or relate to...
Open Source SoftwareStandardisation+3 topics
Last update: 20/06/2023
Codes for collaboration in City of Amsterdam
The City of Amsterdam has a website dedicated to open source software methods, on how to create healthy code, contribute, use and reuse the repositories. Open Panorama is one of ten projects featured on the City of Amsterdam’s website of open source software. Open Panorama is 'An end to end solution for processing, normalisation, anonymisation and serving 360° street view panoramas. From raw files to API', as stated on the project page. The project is based on requirements from the City of Amsterdam, which include principles to create a healthy code and facilitate reuse. Open Panorama is an…
Open Source Software
Last update: 24/07/2021
Twente University - 4TU.Research Data
4TU. ResearchData is an international data repository for science, engineering and design, developed by the University of Twente (NL). It offers research dataset curation, sharing, long-term access and preservation services to anyone, anywhere. 4TU. Training and community engagement resources are available to research and research-support professionals working to make their research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reproducible (FAIR). For data, 4TU. Proposes a licence set that includes seven licences, all from the Creative Commons (CC) family, from the most permissive CC0 (public…
Culture and educationIndustry and productionScience and technology
Last update: 16/04/2021
Dutch study on open source communities
To increase the competence in the usage of new technologies, a Digital Government Directorate under the Ministry of the Interior is being formed in Netherlands. At the same time, the Dutch government has a set out to using more open source within the government, summarised under the phrase “Open, unless…”. In order to increase the understanding of how the shift to open source can be used within the public sector, the Ministry of the Interior contracted the consultancy ANNE for a report. The research team were given four main questions to be investigated and the task to develop policy…
Open Source SoftwareOpen Source Software+4 topics
Last update: 15/04/2021
Open source toolbox released in the Netherlands
As part of its Digitisation Strategy, the Dutch government launched its new open source toolbox, which includes useful information for civil servants to switch to open source, as well as a communication platform to engage with each other. In the wake of the Dutch Digitisation Strategy 2018-2021 (Nederlandse Digitaliseringstrategie 2018-2021, NDS) launched by the State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, the Minister of Justice and Security, and the State Secretary of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, on 17 April 2020 the latter sent a letter to the House of Representatives…
Open Source SoftwareCollaboration+4 topics
Last update: 07/04/2021
“We liberated our own data from the silos of the market”
Citizens expect well-functioning digital services from their government. Until recently, municipalities in the Netherlands were held back in providing these services by fragmented systems that would not exchange data. If a citizen request would require data from two systems, a lack of interoperability meant this data had to be duplicated in multiple systems and could go out of date. Dutch municipalities came to together to change this. Today, these municipalities start collecting the fruits of their labour initiated years ago. From 1 April 2021, Dutch municipalities are expected to start…