General Information
Name of the solution: Core Assessment Vocabulary (CAV)
Solution's owner: DG DIGIT, European Commission, Europe
Description: The Core Assessment Vocabulary represents and defines what an “Assessment” of “assets” is and how to perform the assessment based on “Criteria”. It is a domain-agnostic vocabulary, meaning that it can be used to assess any type of assets.
Type of solution: Semantic asset
Core Assessments Vocabulary (CAV) implements the following:
| Principles | Interoperability layers |
|---|---|
| ✅ Openness | ✅ Technical interoperability |
| ✅ Reusability | |
| ✅ User-centricity | |
| ✅ Technological neutrality |
Core Assessments Vocabulary (CAV) implements the following recommendations as explained below:
✅ Recommendation 4 | Principle 2: Openness
The CAV is a Open Source that allow any stakeholder to reuse it.
✅ Recommendation 6 | Principle 4: Reusability
The CAV can be extend for desingning new data models according to stakeholders needs, while still ensuring the interoperability
✅ Recommendation 8 | Principle 5: Technological neutrality
The CAV, as data model, does not impose the use of any particular software, thus, ensures technological neutrality
✅ Recommendation 11 | Principle 6: User-centricity
The development of the CAV includes the creation of WG and public consultations that ensure that the development process is open and different stakeholders can participate.
✅ Recommendation 33 | Interoperability layer: Technical interoperability
The CAV is based on open specifications.
