Openscotland Information Age Framework (OSIAF)

The Openscotland Information Age Framework (OSIAF) was developed by the Scottish Executive and its public service delivery partners in Scotland. It sets out standards and specifications to be used by the Scottish public sector and it provides a Scottish framework for developing and approving interoperability specifications that support the delivery of electronic services.

The OSIAF incorporates the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) and endorses its use in Scotland. Consequently the Scottish Executive supports e-GIF Certification and Accreditation as methods of helping to equip staff and organisations to deliver OSIAF compliant solutions.

The e-GIF Compliance Assessment Service can help public service delivery organisations to benchmark their activity against the e-GIF element of the standards set out in the OSIAF. Suppliers to the Scottish public sector can use e-GIF Compliance Assessment Service reports to help demonstrate OSIAF compliance by describing that their products comply with relevant e-GIF standards.

More information about the OSIAF is available on the Scottish Executive website at www.scotland.gov.uk/osiaf, alternatively you can contact the Scottish Executive e-Government and Take Up Team at osiaf@scotland.gsi.gov.uk with any questions.

A collection of OSIAF case studies can be found online at
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Open-scotland/19913/CaseStudies

The Scottish Executive was a founding sponsor of the e-GIF Accreditation Authority and it continues to participate in the ongoing development of the service.

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