0104:
Standards
Standards will be used in government organizations for the
improvement of interoperability and efficiency of the government
organization.
010401:
The Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI), established under Act No. 6 of 1984,
will be responsible for introducing relevant standards to government
organizations and also to ensure easy and prompt accessibility of standards to
users and developers.
010402:
Government organizations should use standards as adopted by SLSI in order to
ensure full interoperability, and participation of all stakeholders.
010403:
Government organizations should conform to latest versions of the Lanka
Interoperability Framework (LIFe) and Addendums made by ICTA from time to
time in collaboration with the government organizations, as published in
www.life.gov.lk.
010404:
It is recommended that government organizations use solutions that meet the
characteristics of open standards. (Refer Annex 3).
010405:
All government organizations must conform to SLS 1134 : 2004, including Part
1 thereof, for all ICT use with respect to Sinhala, such as for Sinhala
documents, web sites, software systems, and in the electronic transmission of
information.
010406:
All government organizations must conform to SLS 1326: 2008, for all ICT use
with respect to Tamil, such as for Tamil documents, web sites, software
systems, and in the electronic transmission of information.
010407
In a Memorandum submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers by the President on
the “Re-engineering Government Program” and approved on 13th September
2006, all government agencies are required to consult ICTA before embarking
on any major ICT Project (over Rs 2 Million), in order to (a) ensure that they
are in conformity with general standards applicable to all government
agencies specially in relation to interoperability and localization requirements,
and (b) to ensure that such projects can be fully integrated to the government
wide ICT system.
0105:
Data Administration – Hubs
Data administration will be carried out to ensure the confidentiality, quality
and integrity of the data, and to ensure the necessary infrastructure for
availability to those authorised access.
010501:
Ownership: The data owner of each hub should be as follows: the data owner
for the land registry hub and the population registry hub should be the
Registrar General; the data owner for the Company Registry should be the
Registrar of Companies.
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