CEN Workshop eCAT CC3P project - Seminar on "Product classifications and Ebusiness for SMEs "

Launched in 2002 by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) to address issues related to the use of electronic catalogues for eBusiness in a multilingual environment, the scope of the eCAT Workshop was extended to include harmonization of product classification schemes and their application to electronic catalogues.

This Workshop has already produced six CEN Workshop Agreements (CWAs) dealing with different aspects of eBusiness Cataloguing and Classification.

In 2010, two projects are carried out within the eCAT Workshop:

• The first project ePPS (Electronic Product Property Server) deals with guidelines for the design, implementation and operation of a product property server;
• The second project CC3P (Classification and Catalogue Systems for Public and Private Procurement) analyzes the classification systems used in Europe for public procurement (CPV - Common Procurement Vocabulary) and some used in the private sector (UNSPSC, GPC and eCl@ss).The CC3P project proposes harmonization, mapping methodologies, recommendation on their use in electronic catalogues and areas of improvement in the CPV.

The aim of the present seminar is to present product classification systems, like CPV, eCl@ss GS1/GPC and UNSPSC, their similarities and differences and how they can be used by the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Participation in the seminar is free of charge and registration can be performed online. The agenda of the Seminar can be found here.

Event email: tony.hittema@afnor.org