On 17 February 2012 the public review started for the three Core Vocabularies “Person”, “Business”, and “Location”. Published by the European Commission’s programme “Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA)” these Core Vocabularies are another step towards harmonising national eGovernment standards with the objective of improving cross-border interoperability.

The fast progression of the so-called ISA Core Vocabulary Working Group is partly due to ]init[‘s involvement, bringing to the table its valuable methodological expertise and experiences with German standardisation initiatives.