New version of Open e-PRIOR released » » Accelerating uptake of e-Procurement across Member States!

DIGIT is pleased to announce that a new version of Open e-PRIOR has been published on OSOR.eu.  Based on the success and the positive response received on the technical sneak preview published in November 2009, the Open e-PRIOR team has been working hard on adding the functionality foreseen under the IDABC programme, as well as taking on board feedback received by different parties.  The new version of Open e-PRIOR delivers an embedded PEPPOL Access Point, which provides a great opportunity for Customers wishing to participate in the PEPPOL pilot that will commence in May 2010 (http://www.peppol.eu).  Through the use of this Access Point, Customers will be able to connect to their Suppliers by exchanging Invoices over the PEPPOL network.  For this purpose a PEPPOL test client is also being provided in the package together with a detailed Software Architecture Document. 

Open e-PRIOR is the first e-Procurement implementation which enables the exchange of electronic business documents using the data models of CEN/ISSS WS/BII (http://spec.cenbii.eu/). 

If you would like to know more about Open e-PRIOR:

» » download the new version of Open e-PRIOR from OSOR.eu from http://forge.osor.eu/frs/?group_id=188

» » join the Open e-PRIOR community in order to learn more about the project, contribute with your feedback and participate in the making of this platform through http://www.osor.eu/projects/openeprior

» » read documentation about Open e-PRIOR including a guide on how to get Open e-PRIOR running and to understand the Software Architecture through http://forge.osor.eu/docman/?group_id=188

» » contact our dedicated team who are more than willing to share knowledge, experiences and to provide you with support, by e-mail: DIGIT-EPRIOR-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu or through OSOR: https://forge.osor.eu/forum/forum.php?forum_id=508

Open e-PRIOR is the open-source version of the e-PRIOR platform, developed and deployed by the Commission to allow the exchange of structured e-Procurement documents between the Commission and its suppliers.  Open e-PRIOR is being developed under the IDABC programme and was initiated by Directorate-General for Internal Market (DG-MARKT) and Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) of the European Commission. Open e-PRIOR provides an opportunity for reusability of an open-source solution that has already been implemented at the Commission and which provides a secure platform for document exchange.  This is a great opportunity for sharing practical experiences and lessons learnt with the aim of accelerating uptake of e-Procurement across Member States.