An Open Framework for modeling public administration
Ideas shape administration. Concepts give form to public services. The framework brings coherence to transformation.
Public Framework provides a shared language — a metamodel, twenty principles and a modeling application — so that institutions, lawyers, civil servants and IT suppliers describe the same administrative reality in the same way.
Watch the video presentationAvailable for Windows and macOS (Apple Silicon). Linux coming soon.
Why Public Framework
Before we digitalize the state, we must learn to model it
Too often, digitalization turns a paper form into an online form without re-examining the logic of the procedure. Public Framework starts from understanding the institution: the competences, services, processes and administrative objects that software has to serve.
A shared language
Administration, suppliers, lawyers and citizens use the same concepts with the same meaning.
Modeling before implementation
No system is designed without a clear understanding of the processes it serves.
Governance and traceability
Versioned models, clear responsibilities and an explicit link between law, service and system.
Video presentation
Public Framework in four minutes
It all starts with a problem. A shared language, a shared understanding and a coherent transformation — explained in brief.
The metamodel
Twelve layers, one coherent representation
Ten layers form a chain: from policy intent and legal basis, through services, information and applications, to hosting, operations and the continuity of the public service. Every element has a stable identity, and the relationships between elements are typed and checked.
Read the specificationPolicy intent
STRStrategy & Public Policy
Why does the institution act?
- Policy
- Goal
- Objective
- Indicator
LEGLegal Framework
On what legal basis?
- LegalResource
- LegalProvision
- LegalObligation
- Competence
ORGOrganisations & Services
What does the institution offer, and to whom?
- PublicOrganisation
- PublicService
- ServiceChannel
- Procedure
INFInformation
With what information?
- InformationEntity
- Dataset
- BaseRegistry
- CodeList
APPApplications
With what software?
- SoftwareSystem
- Component
- API
- DataExchange
DELSoftware Delivery
How is the software produced?
- SourceRepository
- Pipeline
- Artifact
- Release
RUNDeployment & Runtime
Where and how does it run?
- Environment
- Cluster
- Node
- Deployment
HSTHosting
Who hosts it, and where?
- HostingProvider
- DataCentre
- CloudRegion
- HostingContract
OPSOperations & Security
How is it operated and protected?
- Monitor
- BackupPolicy
- DisasterRecoveryPlan
- SecurityControl
CNTContinuity & Fallback
What happens when the systems fail?
- DisruptionScenario
- ImpactAssessment
- FallbackProcedure
- RestorationPlan
Service continuity
Cross-cutting layers
Two layers sit outside the chain and cut across it: how the architecture changes, and the concepts that concern several layers at once.
IMPImplementation
How does the architecture change?
- Programme
- Project
- Funding
- ArchitectureState
XCross-cutting Concepts
What conditions, choices and uncertainties shape the architecture?
- Requirement
- ArchitectureDecision
- Risk
- Evidence
Principles
Twenty principles for meaningful digitalization
Digitalization must have purpose, not just technology.
The goal is not to deploy applications but to genuinely solve the problems of citizens and civil servants.
Modeling comes before implementation.
No system is designed without a clear understanding of the processes it serves.
The process defines the application, not the other way around.
IT solutions must reflect real processes, not force them to conform to technology.
Institutions must become able to define their own requirements.
The civil servant is not only a beneficiary but the operational architect of digital transformation.
All actors must speak the same language.
A shared vocabulary is needed between administration, suppliers, citizens and consultants.
The framework is alive and adaptable.
Public Framework evolves together with society, technology and legislation.
Model public administration on your own machine
The Public Framework desktop app helps you build and verify models based on the metamodel. Available now for Windows and macOS on Apple Silicon.
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