Foreword

Table of Contents 

Executive Summary 

This deliverable concerns the recommendations for best practice guidelines and the need for an effective development method and framework, which can be widely used for managing all aspects of identity resulting from the FIDIS research. The emphasis is on the delivery of a practical approach, which incorporates sound tools and techniques, which can be applied in the project and other settings.  

Order and structure are necessary in order to manage the processes and information and to ensure that researchers are able to work effectively with each other within the FIDIS project. Imposing a method, that provides a framework and discipline, should assist with the development, delivery and dissemination of the results.  

The proposed best practice guidelines are derived from a generic method that may be applied to any type of research project, business operation or delivery service to ensure it will fit effectively into a given environment. The method is flexible and customisable and incorporates clearly defined events and procedures throughout the information lifecycle. A holistic and systematic approach is adopted. 

The rationale for developing the method and framework to assist with the creation of the best practice guidelines is outlined in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 emphasises the importance of applying information management techniques within FIDIS. The best practice method is described in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 discusses interoperability and then outlines how the method may be applied to interoperability within the e-health sector. Chapter 6 discusses how the work will be progressed in the FIDIS 3rd th Work Plans and outlines the envisaged method for disseminating and exploiting the FIDIS results.