SAGA Standards and Architectures for eGovernment Applications Version 4.0 March 2008 2 SAGA 4.0 Reprint, even in part, subject to approval This volume was prepared by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in co-operation with ]init[ AG and Fraunhofer-Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik (ISST). Homepage and download of the digital version: http://www.cio.bund.de/saga mail to:
[email protected] SAGA 4.0 3 SAGA Standards and Architectures for eGovernment Applications Version 4.0 March 2008 Published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior 4 SAGA 4.0 SAGA 4.0 5 Word of thanks The Federal Ministry of the Interior and the SAGA authors would like to thank the representatives from the federal states and municipalities in the KoopA-SAGA project group, the representatives from the central IT service providers of the federal administration along with all the members of the SAGA expert group for their support during the preparation of this version of SAGA. We would also like to extend our thanks to all those who have made use of the SAGA forum and the SAGA contact form and whose committed comments constituted a valuable contribution towards updating the document. 6 SAGA 4.0 Introduction: This document presents in concise form widely used standards, processes, and methods of state-of-the-art IT development for eGovernment applications. Due to the nature of this subject, experts in this sector use many abbreviations and, in most cases, English acronyms. Some of these names are protected by copyright and/or are registered trademarks, or are products of certain manufacturers or standardization organizations that are protected at national and international level.