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GovDex is a resource developed by government agencies to facilitate business process collaboration across policy portfolios and administrative jurisdictions (levels of government). GovDex promotes effective and efficient information sharing, which is core to achieving collaboration. It provides governance, tools, methods and re-usable technical components that government agencies can use to assemble and deploy information services on their different technology platforms. GovDex is a key enabler to a whole of government approach to IT service development and deployment.

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The Enterprise Services specification is the definition of how systems manage the exchange of information that describes people, groups and memberships within the context of learning. The Enterprise Services specification is based upon the concepts of: Interoperability; Service-oriented; Component-based; Layering; Behaviors and Data Models; Multiple Bindings; and Adoption.

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The scope of the IMS Enterprise specification is focused on defining interoperability between systems residing within the same enterprise or organisation.

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The Information Interoperability Framework identifies those components that support an environment where information that is generated and held by government will be valued and managed as a national strategic asset. The framework provides the principles that underpin sound information management and establishes the concepts, practices and tools that will drive the successful sharing of information across government boundaries. The Framework addresses the information components of the Australian Government Interoperability Framework. The Australian Government Interoperability Framework has three parts, as represented in the diagram below: the Information Interoperability Framework; the Technical Interoperability Framework; and the Business Process Interoperability Framework.

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Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) is a blueprint for educational software interoperability and data access. It aims to develop an open specification for ensuring that K-12 instructional and administration software applications work together more effectively.