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OECD Peer Review of E-Government in Denmark - ePractice.eu

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INFORMATION NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - the whole system <strong>of</strong> transmission l<strong>in</strong>ks,<br />

access procedures, legal and general frameworks, and the basic and supportive services <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation network;<br />

INFORMATION SOCIETY (IS) - a society which makes extensive use <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

networks and ICT, produces large quantities <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation and communications products and<br />

services, and has a diversified content <strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) - means the hardware, s<strong>of</strong>tware and methods used for<br />

the electronic process<strong>in</strong>g and transfer <strong>of</strong> data.<br />

INTEROPERABILITY – the ability for organisations to share <strong>in</strong>formation systems and/or data,<br />

generally based on us<strong>in</strong>g common standards.<br />

MIDDLEWARE - middleware is s<strong>of</strong>tware that <strong>in</strong>tegrates services and distributed applications<br />

across the Internet or local area networks, and may provide a set <strong>of</strong> services such as authentication,<br />

messag<strong>in</strong>g, transactions etc. Middleware allows government organisations to share data between front<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice service delivery channels and back <strong>of</strong>fice applications and processes, both with<strong>in</strong> and across<br />

organisations, and is <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly perceived as a technology for delivery <strong>of</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>ed-up e-government<br />

services.<br />

ONE-STOP SHOP - a government <strong>of</strong>fice where services from multiple government<br />

organisations are available.<br />

ONLINE GOVERNMENT SERVICES - services provided by, but not necessarily supplied by,<br />

the public adm<strong>in</strong>istration to citizens, bus<strong>in</strong>esses and organisations (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g other government<br />

organisations) through <strong>in</strong>formation networks.<br />

PORTAL – A Web site that co-ord<strong>in</strong>ates and presents <strong>in</strong>formation and services from a variety <strong>of</strong><br />

providers, with the content presented <strong>in</strong> accordance with criteria related to users’ needs.<br />

PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI) - PKI is a method for authenticat<strong>in</strong>g a message<br />

sender or receiver and/or encrypt<strong>in</strong>g a message. It enables users <strong>of</strong> an <strong>in</strong>secure public network, such<br />

as the Internet, to securely and privately exchange data through the use <strong>of</strong> a cryptographic key pair that<br />

is obta<strong>in</strong>ed and shared through a trusted authority. It provides for a use <strong>of</strong> a digital certificate that can<br />

identify an <strong>in</strong>dividual or an organisation, and directory services that can store, verify and, when<br />

necessary, revoke the certificates.<br />

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