A Composite Domain Framework for Developing Electronic Public Services

ADEGBOYEGA OJO; TOMASZ JANOWSKI; ELSA ESTEVEZ

Orlando

Conferencia; International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice SEPT 2007; 2007

IRST 2007

The availability of domain frameworks to enable rapid development of Electronic Public Services (EPS) is essential to meet the increasing demand for mature EPS by various government stakeholders. This paper presents a composite domain framework comprising frameworks to build the Front-Office and Back-Office parts of an EPS. The framework supports a set of domain requirements obtained through a detailed analysis of over 30 concrete public services. After presenting these requirements, the framework is described in four stages - architecture,design, implementation and instantiation - all using UML to capture the artifacts built during development. We also illustrate the application of the framework through a case study in developing an Electronic Licensing Service bymeans of framework instantiation. We conclude with some comments on the complexity, flexibility and performance of the framework. This work was carried out as part of the e-Macao Project to build a foundation for e-Governmentin Macao, funded by the Government of Macao SAR.