Re: [regrep] Proposed EU address validation service



Peter,

 

Sheesh - having posted the note about the use of 
CAM to validate

postal mailing addresses  - this RISER thing 
is another whole beast.

 

We need to discuss this offline.  Certainly 
these is a huge overlap 

with the BizID project I initiated in the .COM 
days.  I believe it is

critical that the lessons of BizID be implemented 
into RISER.

 

Passport and Liberty begin to look like FisherPrice 
technology

compared to what RISER might become.  Having 
the ability to

control and manage RISER using BizID mechanisms is 

critical - not only for EU citizens directly - but 
also for setting

the benchmark and measure for all other downstream 
systems

that use RISER.   Not least of these is 
the BCM/EPR project

potentially.

 

BizID is citizen enpowering thru the use of 
XML.  We can 

discuss this in more depth in Norway.

 

Thanks, DW.

  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Peter F 
  Brown 

  
To: 'ebXML Regrep (ebXML Regrep)' ; 
   
  

  
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:29 
PM

  
Subject: [regrep] Proposed EU address 
  validation service

  

  

  
For 
  info…

  
<quote source="European 
  Commission">

  
A 
  project partly funded by the EU’s eTEN 
  programme is currently preparing the introduction of a pan-European address 
  validation service. Called RISER 
  (Registry Information Service on European Residents), the project aims to 
  allow for uniform, online access to the address registries of various European 
  countries.

  
The objective of the 
  RISER project, which is being conducted by an international consortium under 
  the leadership of German software company PSI, is to create a 
  European registry information service. The service would be an online one-stop 
  shop providing uniform, centralised access to the registries of various 
  European countries. The project is currently at the market validation stage, 
  and a pilot operation between Germany, Austria and Ireland is 
  scheduled to begin as early as this summer.

  
Built on open 
  standards – such as the emerging XML-based formats for e-government 
  transactions in Germany (Online Services 
  Computer Interface - OSCI) and in particular 
  the data format for citizens registration processes OSCI-XMeld – the service 
  will be supplied with data by the national and local civil registration 
  offices. RISER will be presented as a transactional website, enabling requests 
  to be submitted either on a one-by-one (typed in a form) or mass processing 
  (file transfer) basis, and supporting several means of payment. If market 
  validation is successful and the business plan proves fully adapted to 
  pan-European requirements, the consortium will deploy RISER in Europe by mid-2005.

  
Verification of 
  address information by accessing civil registries is a popular service offered 
  by the public authorities of most EU Member States. The service, which 
  varies widely between countries, is used by companies as well as public 
  institutions seeking to reduce returns in customer correspondence and in bill 
  delivery. The total number 
  of inquiries to validate citizen address information is currently estimated at 
  40 million for the German market alone, with half of these requests being made 
  by the private sector.

  
According to PSI, 
  the new service will meet the needs of international financial service 
  providers, shipping companies and e-commerce 
  businesses operating in the 
  expanding single European market. RISER will provide this target group with a 
  uniform access to an extremely heterogeneous registry environment, which 
  should help reduce the complexity and costs of trans-national 
  operations.

  
</quote>

  
Regards,

  
Peter

  
    
    

      
        
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