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• Registers of Scotland and BT Partnership
  In July 2006 the RoS and BT Partnership was awarded accreditation as an e-GIF service provider. They then went on to be winners of the British Computer Society IT Professional Award 2006, e-GIF award for the Public Sector.
  
  This award recognises outstanding achievement and effort in building projects with strong compliance to Government interoperability standards.
  
  Further information relating to this project can be accessed on our case studies page.
• OSIAF
  An updated version of the OSIAF was launched on 31 August 2006. It contains a step-by-step guide to implementing OSIAF within public service delivery organisations, an improved roles section which outlines practical steps that can be taken to fully participate in the OSIAF and guidance on building interoperability into procurement and funding processes.
• e-Government Metadata Standard (e-GMS) 3.1
  

  e-GMS version 3.1 was published by Cabinet Office on 29 August 2006. The Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) is now the mandated encoding scheme for the subject element and further guidance has been added to illustrate the correct expression of elements, refinements and encoding scheme names.

• Scottish A-Z of Services
  Scottish local authorities are working together to develop a shared A-Z of Scottish council and other public services, and a Scottish local authority website navigation structure. Both mapped to IPSV to assist eGMS compliance so that citizens can find what they are looking for more easily on council websites. More information is available at www.esd.org.uk/esdtoolkit/News/NewsDetail.aspx?Item=221.