Benefits of semantic data models. A study in the European goods transport industry

Textprobe: Kapitel 2.21 The European Commission: In 2010 the European Commission published a communication named "A Digital Agenda for Europe". Its objective was to define measures to create a digital single market with interoperable applications by 2020. The low penetration of standards for electronic communications and the lack of coordination, particularly among contracting authorities, is seen as one of the reasons why effective interoperability has not been achieved yet. Additionally, data exchanged via the internet is seen as vital, and the establishment of trust and security in data exchange were to be defined. Within this communication key actions were defined; of which most have already been implemented. These include for instance the migration to a Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA), enabling e-Maritime services and an update to the value added tax (VAT) directive to ensure equal treatment for electronic invoices with paper invoices. As invoices are in principle issued by any entity, the latter directive may therefore have an impact on any company in Europe. Even though already in 2010, the efforts to create a legal framework for a progressive digitization of Europe were started, a regulation relevant for professional data exchange was only agreed upon in 2018. It defines the framework for "free movement of data within the Union". Within this context a professional user is defined as every natural or legal person that is using or requesting a data processing service for purposes related to its business. The goal is to contribute to a competitive data economy, with interoperable systems that take open standards into account. While the digital agenda and the resulting regulations and directives directly focus on improving a digital economy other regulation led to similar impacts, although they originated from a different perspective. The regulation on the provision of food information to consumers is given as an example. Up to then information about

Andreas Pelekies was born in 1977 in Germany. He is Senior Business Development Manager at GEFEG mbH, Berlin and Managing Director of validool.org UG. His passion is developing solutions that optimally connect business processes using standards. He is an active member of national and international committees such as DIN, CEN, UN/CEFACT and co-author of the European Norm for electronic invoices EN16931. The ZUGFeRD format was developed under his direction and technical management in the Forum Elektronische Rechnung Deutschland. As manager for global XML standards at GS1 Germany, he was responsible for cash logistics and electronic invoicing at the national and international levels. He holds an MBA and studied Business Informatics at the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management.