Connecting Europe: CEF eDelivery supports trans-European multilingualism
European Commission 2018
The European Commission is happy to announce that a Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) eDelivery Access Point is in place, supporting the European Language Resources Coordination repository (ELRC-SHARE repository).
This means that language resources are transmitted to the ELRC-SHARE repository in a reliable, secure and trusted way.
The ELRC-SHARE repository is used for documenting, storing, browsing and accessing language resources that are collected through the European Language Resource Coordination.
CEF eDelivery is a network of nodes for digital communications. It has a distributed model where every participant becomes a node using standard transport protocols and security policies. eDelivery therefore helps public administrations to exchange electronic data and documents with other public administrations, businesses and citizens regardless of the respective digital or IT infrastructure in place.
The CEF eDelivery building block is based on the AS4 messaging protocol, defined by the Member States, which is open and free for all, developed by the OASIS standards development organisation. Organisations must install an Access Point, or use a Service Provider, to exchange information with the AS4 messaging protocol.
The European Language Resources Coordination (ELRC) network manages, maintains and coordinates the relevant language resources in all official EU languages (and those of participating EEA countries).
The term language resources refers to sets of language data and descriptions in machine-readable form, including written and spoken corpora, grammars, and terminology databases.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is the EU’s main financing instrument for trans-European infrastructures. This includes a Europe-wide digital infrastructure, known as Digital Service Infrastructures (DSI), or Building Blocks. DSI such as CEF eDelivery allow for the creation of trans-European services, including eHealth and eJustice.
The CEF eTranslation Building Block allows trans-European digital services to be multilingual. CEF eTranslation provides a truly pan-European automated translation platform, providing high quality translations in all official EU languages and in various domains. ELRC language resources improve and enrich the CEF eTranslation service.
To discover more about how the CEF Building Blocks are creating multilingual cross-border digital services, visit CEF Digital 2018 now.