EU publishes draft interop framework

Intellectual Property Watch | 17 Jul 2008

This week, the European Commission published for comment a draft of its revised European Interoperability Framework (EIF). The framework is intended to encourage governments to increase information-sharing by, among other things, adopting open standards and specifications. The draft is a more balanced and practical effort to achieve interoperability between the information and communications technologies of European governments, according to Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) President Jonathan Zuck. Instead of prescribing strict technology mandates, the draft heads in the direction of focussing on the goals of interoperability, he said.

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