Hi Carsten, ~ Carsten Agger [2020-01-09 22:07 +0100]: > Minor report from the trenches of free software development, but a > project for Danish local authorities I've been heavily involved with the > last few years (since 2015, getting up to speed since 2017) made it to > the Joinup site: > > https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/authoritative-information > > Basically, it's about something as bureaucratic as maintaining > authoritative organisation hierarchies, e.g. for local authorities > (which the tools was specifically made to support). Ideally, all > onboarding etc. of new staff could be done in this tool with > integrations in place to allow automatic access to other systems the > employees would need. Or, as it says in the article:
Thanks for sharing, and congratulations! I find this very interesting and relevant, as it is another example for ready tools that organisations like administrations can use, study, share, and improve. In particular, I am happy about the following: "OS2 already involves 66 of the country’s 98 municipalities, and 35 IT services providers. 'OS2mo could grow to become a standard application, because it delivers a common service that all public organisations in Denmark need,' he says. According to Mr Thirifays, the software can even be adapted to other countries. 'It can already be used as a standalone tool, helping public services, companies, or NGOs keep their address book and access directory up to date.'" The fact that it is supported by a wide range of companies and administrations, and the ability to be adapted by other players as well is a good indicator for its re-usability, which is a key asset for Free Software projects. Best, Max -- Max Mehl - Programme Manager - Free Software Foundation Europe Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl Become a supporter of software freedom: https://fsfe.org/join _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
