Open Source Soft­ware for the Deve­lop­ment of the Spa­nish Public Admi­nis­tra­tion — An Overwie

von Natio­nal Obser­vatory of Open Source Soft­ware, Spain | 01.07.2008

This chap­ter con­tains a sum­mary of the main con­clu­si­ons that have been drawn from open source soft­ware in the Spa­nish public admi­nis­tra­tion, and also pro­vi­des an expla­na­tion of the topics covered and the scope of this publication.

1.1. Con­t­ents and scope of the report

This report has been drawn up by CENA­TIC, Rey Juan Car­los Uni­ver­sity (Group GsyC/​LibreSoft) and Tele­fó­nica I+D, with the pur­pose of ana­ly­sing the state of open source soft­ware imple­men­ta­tion in the Spa­nish public administration.

Over recent years, many stu­dies have been car­ried out to pro­vide a tho­rough expla­na­tion of what open source soft­ware con­sists of, to explore avail­able pro­ducts, and to ascer­tain, using quan­ti­ta­tive data, its degree of use or expan­sion in dif­fe­ring environ­ments, both in the public and pri­vate sec­tor. This report exclu­si­vely pres­ents the aspects that are of inte­rest to the public admi­nis­tra­tion. To this end, a series of suc­cess sto­ries have been brought toge­ther which docu­ment the most note­wor­thy exam­ples in the deve­lop­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of open source soft­ware in each auto­no­mous region with infor­ma­tion that has been obtai­ned directly from the people responsi­ble for each pro­ject or initia­tive. Simi­larly, some case stu­dies have been inclu­ded that have been con­side­red par­ti­cu­larly rele­vant wit­hin the Spa­nish Government.

At the same time, a com­pre­hen­sive legis­la­tive con­text is pro­vi­ded to com­ple­ment the report con­t­ents, pay­ing spe­cial atten­tion to the inter­ope­ra­bi­lity bet­ween the dif­fe­rent public admi­nis­tra­tion infor­ma­tion sys­tems. Fur­ther­more, a list of trai­ning initia­ti­ves is pro­vi­ded in rela­tion to open source soft­ware in the public administration.

Open Source Soft­ware for the Deve­lop­ment of the Spa­nish Public Admi­nis­tra­tion. An Over­view. 2008.

Finally, the cur­rent atti­tude of the public admi­nis­tra­tion with regard to adopting open source soft­ware has been stu­died through a Strengths, Weak­nes­ses, Oppor­tu­nities and Thre­ats Ana­ly­sis (SWOT). In light of this ana­ly­sis, a set of recom­men­da­ti­ons and pro­po­sals for action has been drawn up in rela­tion to open source soft­ware in the Spa­nish public admi​nis​tra​tion​.At the same time, a com­pre­hen­sive legis­la­tive con­text is pro­vi­ded to com­ple­ment the report con­t­ents, pay­ing spe­cial atten­tion to the inter­ope­ra­bi­lity bet­ween the dif­fe­rent public admi­nis­tra­tion infor­ma­tion sys­tems. Fur­ther­more, a list of trai­ning initia­ti­ves is pro­vi­ded in rela­tion to open source soft­ware in the public administration.

Open Source Soft­ware for the Deve­lop­ment of the Spa­nish Public Admi­nis­tra­tion. An Over­view. 2008.

Finally, the cur­rent atti­tude of the public admi­nis­tra­tion with regard to adopting open source soft­ware has been stu­died through a Strengths, Weak­nes­ses, Oppor­tu­nities and Thre­ats Ana­ly­sis (SWOT). In light of this ana­ly­sis, a set of recom­men­da­ti­ons and pro­po­sals for action has been drawn up in rela­tion to open source soft­ware in the Spa­nish public admi­nis­tra­tion […].

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