Roles and Processes

What are the steps required to publish a data set description? Who sees which metadata? This chapter gives an overview of the roles on the I14Y interoperability platform, the work processes and the information model.

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Data should be reliably collected and regularly updated. It must be clearly defined who is responsible for the offers and who is responsible for which tasks in the data processing. For this purpose, a role-based model has been developed. Among other things, differentiates between agencies that commission data sets, those that process data and those that use data.

The first chapter describes the role-based model in detail. The second covers the precise work processes. This is followed by detailed information on the information models and the administration of the access accounts. Finally, it explains what distinguishes the I14Y interoperability platform from other metadata platforms.

Is the data on the I14Y-IOP secure?

Only metadata are stored on the I14Y-IOP. The actual data remain with the agency that manages the data set. This agency is responsible for the security of the data.

The I14Y-IOP is technically operated by the Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (FOITT) on behalf of the Interoperability Office (IOS). The federal requirements for IT security are implemented. An analysis of protection needs was completed at the beginning of February 2021. The servers on which the platform runs are operated by the FOITT. They are located in Switzerland. Only this handbook is stored externally.