GovSpecs: Specifications for building blocks
Building blocks are interoperable and reusable software components that provide key functionality facilitating generic workflows across multiple sectors.
GovStack is defining the technical specifications that define each building block. We welcome community participation in this process – you can access and comment on the first wave of GovSpecs via GitBook: https://govstack.gitbook.io/specification/
Published Blocks
Digital Registries
Registries are centrally managed databases that uniquely identify persons, vendors, procedures, products and sites related to an organization or activity.
Identification & Authentication
Enables unique identification and authentication of users, organizations and other entities.
Information Mediator
Provides a gateway between external digital apps & ICT Building Blocks, ensuring implementation of standards, for integrating various ICT Building Blocks & apps.
Payments
Implements financial transactions (e.g., remittances, claims, purchases & payments, transactional info). Tracking costs utilities & audit trials.
Registration
Records identifiers and general information about a person, place or entity, typically for the purpose of registration in specific services or programmes and tracking of that entity over time.
Upcoming Blocks
Content Management
Manages a set of policies allowing users to determine the info that will be accessible to specific potential info consumers, for which purpose, for how long and whether this info can be shared.
Messaging
Facilitates notifications, alerts and two-way communications between applications and communications services, including SMS, USSD, IVR, email and social media platforms.
Scheduling
Provides an engine for setting up events based on regular intervals or specific combinations of status of several parameters in order to trigger specific tasks in an automated business process.
Workflow and Algorithm
Optimize business processes by specifying rules that govern the sequence of activities executed, the type of info exchanged to orchestrate the process flow from initiation to completion.
Analytics and Business Intelligence
Provides data-driven insights about business processes, performance and predictive modelling.
Artificial Intelligence
AI capabilities packaged as reusable services to perform work, extract insights from data, or provide other business capabilities.
Client Case Management
Registration of a client and the longitudinal tracking of services for the client, often across multiple service categories, providers and locations.from initiation to completion.
Collaboration Management
Enables multiple users to simultaneously access, modify or contribute to a single activity, such as content creation, through a unified portal.
Content Management
Supports the creation, editing, publication and management of digital media and other information.
eLearning
Supports the creation, editing, publication and management of digital media and other information.
Data Collection
Supports data collection from humans, sensors and other systems through digital interfaces.
eMarketplace
Provides a digital marketing space where provider entities can electronically advertise & sell products & services to other entities (B2B) or end-customers (B2C).
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