The TIMAPS implements the following:

TIMAPS implements the following EIF recommendations as explained below:

• Recommendation 1 | Subsidiarity and proportionality

  TIMAPS is a self-assessment tool, designed for public service owners to evaluate key semantic technical interoperability aspects of their digital public service.

• Recommendation 5 | Transparency

  Question D1 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the public services facilitate the delivery of data, information and knowledge to other services. Furthermore, question C1 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services facilitate the consumption of data, information and knowledge from other services. Question C5 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services handle the integration with specific technologies and standards while consuming data, information and knowledge from other services.

• Recommendation 6 | Reusability

  Question D1 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the public services facilitate the delivery of data, information and knowledge to other services. Question D2 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple open Machine to Machine (M2M) interfaces. Question D3 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple service delivery modes. Question D5 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services are able to invoke other services to deliver data, information and knowledge in a performance oriented way i.e. align data synchronization between different services. Furthermore, question C1 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services facilitate the consumption of data, information and knowledge from other services.

• Recommendation 7 | Reusability

  Question D1 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the public services facilitate the delivery of data, information and knowledge to other services. Question D2 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple open Machine to Machine (M2M) interfaces. Question D3 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple service delivery modes. Question D5 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services are able to invoke other services to deliver data, information and knowledge in a performance oriented way i.e. align data synchronization between different services. Furthermore, question C2 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services consume data, information and knowledge via multiple open Machine to Machine (M2M) interfaces.

• Recommendation 8 | Technological neutrality and data portability

  Question C1 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services facilitate the consumption of data, information and knowledge from other services. Question C5 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services handle the integration with specific technologies and standards while consuming data, information and knowledge from other services.

• Recommendation 9 | Technological neutrality and data portability

  Question D1 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services facilitate the delivery of data, information and knowledge to other services. Question D2 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple open Machine to Machine (M2M) interfaces. Question D3 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple service delivery modes. Furthermore, question C1 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services facilitate the consumption of data, information and knowledge from other services.

• Recommendation 10 | User centricity

  Question D3 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple service delivery modes.

• Recommendation 14 | Inclusion and accessibility

  Question D7 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses the extent to which extend digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge in compliance with web accessibility specifications.

• Recommendation 16 | Multilingualism

  Multilingualism in the context of computing indicates that a digital public service dynamically supports two or more languages. Question D8 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses the extent to which public services deliver multilingual data, information and knowledge. Furthermore, question C6 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services consume multilingual data, information and knowledge.

• Recommendation 33 | Technical interoperability

  TIMAPS assesses the behavioural aspects of a digital public service, from the technical interoperability viewpoint. Question D1 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services facilitate the delivery of data, information and knowledge to other services. Question D2 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services deliver data, information and knowledge via multiple open Machine to Machine (M2M) interfaces. Question D4 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services provide technical documentation on how to integrate the data, information and knowledge delivered with the data, information and knowledge from other services. Furthermore, question C1 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services facilitate the consumption of data, information and knowledge from other services.

• Recommendation 37 | Base registries

  Question D9 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services are made discoverable towards its end users or other services.

• Recommendation 44 | Catalogues

  Question D9 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services are made discoverable towards its end users or other services. Furthermore, question C3 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services are able to discover services to consume data, information and knowledge.

• Recommendation 45 | External information sources and services

  Question C3 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services are able to discover services to consume data, information and knowledge.

• Recommendation 46 | Security and privacy

  Question D6 of the Service Delivery section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses whether the digital public services provide data verification means for the data, information and knowledge delivered.

• Recommendation 47 | Security and privacy

  Question C3 of the Service Consumption section of the TIMAPS questionnaire assesses to which extend digital public services are able to discover services to consume data, information and knowledge.