European Commission Releases New Version of Open e-PRIOR To Push eProcurement Across EU

The Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) has recently announced that a new version of Open e-PRIOR, the open-source version of the e-PRIOR (electronic PRocurement, Invoicing and Ordering) platform has been published on the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations (OSOR.eu). 

Based on the success and the positive response received on the technical sneak preview published in November 2009, the Open e-PRIOR team has been working on adding the functionality foreseen under the IDABC (Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Business and Citizens) programme, as well as taking on feedback received by different parties. 

The new version of Open e-PRIOR delivers an embedded PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) Access Point, which provides a great opportunity for Customers wishing to participate in the PEPPOL pilot that will commence in May 2010.  Through the use of this Access Point, Customers will be able to connect to their Suppliers by exchanging Invoices over the PEPPOL network.  For this purpose a PEPPOL test client is also being provided in the package together with a detailed Software Architecture Document. 

Open e-PRIOR is the first eProcurement implementation which enables the exchange of electronic business documents using the data models of CEN/ISSS WS/BII.

Those willing to know more about Open e-PRIOR can:

download the new version of Open e-PRIOR from OSOR.eu at http://forge.osor.eu/frs/?group_id=188 
join the Open e-PRIOR community in order to learn more about the project, contribute with their feedback and participate in the making of this platform throughhttp://www.osor.eu/projects/openeprior 
read documentation about Open e-PRIOR, including a guide on how to get Open e-PRIOR running and to understand the Software Architecture through http://forge.osor.eu/docman/?group_id=188 
Interested parties can contact the dedicated team who is ready to share knowledge, experiences and to provide support, by e-mail DIGIT-EPRIOR-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu or through OSOR athttps://forge.osor.eu/forum/forum.php?forum_id=508.

Source : http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/36404