Workshop on eForms for Reusers of TED Data: New XML Schema Insights

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Delve into the latest TED XML schema developments at the workshop, exploring challenges, benefits for re-users, available resources, and more. Learn about new concepts, rules, and the OASIS Universal Business Language standard. Discover how tailoring extensions and balance enhance stability and flexibility in the schema.

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THE NEW TED XML SCHEMA Workshop on eForms for reusers of TED data 27 September 2022 Yves Jordan TED unit Publications Office of the EU

Agenda 1. Introduction 2. The new schema 3. Challenges & benefits for re-users 4. Available resources 5. Conclusion

1. Introduction Some of the Changes associated to the eForms Implementing Regulation 1. New concepts Introduction of Business Terms (BTs) & Business Groups (BGs) To support some EU policies (CVD, SME, ) 2. Conceptual changes Many elements now associated to the lot (e.g. Selection Criteria, Framework Agreement, Deadline Receipt Tenders, ) Further structured & detailed concepts (e.g. Award Criteria, Withholding information) 3. Rules Less permissive (e.g. other value not allowed anymore for CA Activity & CA Type) Additional Code based value check (for information that evolved from text to code) Numerous co-constraint rules (consistency between values for different fields)

2. The new schema a) The challenges 1. Have a format easily reusable 2. Address all the changes brought by the regulation (new concepts, structural changes) 3. Reduce maintenance associated risks 4. Increase stability 5. Reduce unnecessary repetitions

2. The new schema b) OASIS Universal Business Language Open standard, royalty-free Latest version: 2.3 ISO Standard (v. 2.1: ISO/IEC 19845:2015) Highly semantic, XML based Large Collection: - 1k basic information elements (BBIE), - 250+ Aggregated components (ABIE), and - 80+ Document types. World widely developed and used (in the EU : ESPD, eInvoicing, BRIS, ) Possibility to contribute Extensibility & flexibility

2. The new schema c) Tailoring Extensions Notice Metadata Use of 3 document types: - Prior Information Notice - Contract Notice - Contract Award Notice Tendering Terms Tendering Process Definition of a new document type (UBL based & candidate for v2.4): - Business Information Procurement Project Tendering Terms Notice Flexibility: - Reduction of the number of required elements with the use of codes Tendering Process Procurement Project Lot Procurement Project Extensibility - Definition of own aggregate components to: - Satisfy specific requirements - Reduce repetition of information Tendering Terms Tendering Process Procurement Project Lot Procurement Project

2. The new schema d) Balance 1. More stable schema (common library, codes) 2. Controls moved outside the schema (XSD for lexical & structural validation) 3. Consistent mark-up across all notices 4. Quick appropriation (reuse, high semantic, few XSDs) 5. Reduction of repetition and associated errors (normalization, Multilingual text: repetition of text fields only) 6. Improved data quality (500+ rules implemented) 7. Increased semantic (726 fields defined for 409 Business Terms, more structured) 8. No text formatting

3. Challenges & benefits for reusers Challenges: New concepts Structural changes Change of context for many Business Terms (Procedure -> Lot) Benefits: More reliable search results More accurate Business Opportunities identification Quick appropriation More stable schemas

4. Available resources Software Development Kit (SDK) resources: - Schemas - eForms XML examples - Translations - eForms Schema documentation - XLST to convert TED-XML to eForms schema TED XML schemas UBL eForms Implementing Regulation eForms Policy Implementation Handbook Ontology mapping (RML)