Background
Launched in 2002 to address issues related to the use of electronic catalogues used for eBusiness in a multilingual environment, the scope of the Workshop eCAT was extended to include harmonization of product classification schemes and their application to electronic catalogues.
This Workshop has already produced six CWAs dealing with different aspects of eBusiness Cataloguing and Classification.
Current activities
In 2010, two projects are carried out within Workshop eCAT. The first project ePPS (electronic product property server) deals with guidelines for the design, implementation and operation of a product property server. A pilot test case run in the heating ventilation, air conditioning sanitary-ware industry.
The second project CC3P (classification and catalogue systems for public and private procurement) analysis the classification systems used in Europe for public procurement (CPV – Common Procurement Vocabulary) and some used in the private sector (UNSPSC, GPC and eCl@ss). The CC3P project will propose harmonization, mapping methodologies, recommendation on their use in electronic catalogues and areas of improvement in the CPV.
Workshop status
- The CEN Workshop Agreement on electronic Product Property Server is now available from the CWA download area.
- The final CC3P meeting was held in Brussels on the 19 April 2010.
- The CEN Workshop Agreement on CC3P will be published in June 2010.
Documents
Contacts
Workshop Chair
Dr Christian Galinski
Infoterm
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Workshop vice-Chair /Team Leader for CC3P
Ms Aurelie Virgili
Consultant
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Workshop Secretary (ePPS)
Mr Florian Rieger
DIN
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Workshop Secretary (CC3P)
Mr Tony Hittema
AFNOR
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CEN Programme Manager
Ms Barbara Gatti
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