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PEPPOL EIA

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The PEPPOL Enterprise Interoperability Architecture (EIA) is a structured approach to present the PEPPOL artifacts (project documents, specifications, user guides, software tools, etc.) in a repository so that different stakeholders can access information relative to their specific needs, in a consistent and flexible way.
The EIA repository presented below as three dimensional matrix is a useful tool for organisations interested in implementing the PEPPOL components, and become familiar with the results of the project.
The PEPPOL EIA is a 3 dimensional cube (please click on the image to navigate)

Step 1: Choose one of the 6 dimensions of the EIA described below by clicking on the appropriate grey bar at the side of the cube:

  • ICT Architecture – providing the ICT scope, solutions and ICT architecture for the interoperability community

  • Conformance and Test – comprising the requirements, processes and tools of conformance for the different interoperability stakeholders

  • Life Cycle Management (LCM) – processes for LCM of business and ICT architectures

  • Governance - comprising the governance structure, legal framework and processes for the business and ICT architectures

  • Marketing – including processes and material for increasing awareness and recruiting new participants for PEPPOL pilot projects

  • Business – being the business scope and business architecture of the interoperability community

     

Step 2: Identify one of the 4 interoperability community columns, reflecting the PEPPOL component of interest:

  • eSignature Validation Infrastructure – validation of eSignature certificates across EU borders.

  • Transport Infrastructure – pan-European eDelivery of business documents

  • Post-Award eProcurement – eCatalogues, eOrders, and eInvoices

  • Pre-Award eProcurement – eAttestations (VCD) and eCatalogues used in the tendering process.

     

Step 3: Identify one of the 5 abstraction level rows according to the type of information you require:

  • Strategy

  • Framework

  • Models (guidelines and specifications of the different services and components)

  • Services and Components

  • Designs

  • Implementations

Step 4: Click on the blue cell associated with the combination of your chosen ‘Communities’ column and your chosen ‘Abstraction’ row to obtain the content required.

Links to the information you have chosen will be displayed immediately below the cube.

For example: If you are looking for the PEPPOL BIS specifications for eInvoicing, you would click first on the grey ICT Architecture ‘Dimension’ bar on the right hand side of the EIA cube (the chosen grey bar will be highlighted in black) and then click on the blue cell in the Post Award eProcurement ‘Communities’ column along the ‘Models’ row. The blue cell you have chosen will now be highlighted and the links to the invoice specification document will be visible as you scroll down the page below the cube.

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