The main aim of the project is to improve the knowledge and capabilities for cooperation of researchers, universities and other institutions from Croatia in European projects.

The project "Electronic Fee Collection for Free-Flowing Traffic" is a result of co-operation between Slovenian companies, universities and a national mobile telecommunication operator. Using the latest telecommunication and information technologies, the project resulted in a prototype solution that works on all highways in Slovenia. The results proved that with the satellite based EFC system governments may introduce a fair toll collection system based on the actual number of kilometers/miles driven in all European countries for all vehicle types.

The basic goal of the project is to introduce a unified methodology for the development of integrated information solutions in a convergent environment, which will consist of a methodological framework incorporating patterns, and the mechanisms for applying the methodology to real information systems according to several pilot implementations provided for particular approaches and methods. The following aspects will be covered:

• Scientific: the design of a methodology for the development of integrated solutions represents a theoretical foundation in the form of a framework, which specifies a technology and platform-independent approach to information systems integration, and covers both the development of new solutions, as well as the integration of existing applications.
• Strategic: the application of solution patterns provides definitions of certain restrictions, and thereby ensures concordance of resulting solutions with accepted technological and semantic standards, as are the Single European Electronic Market standards (SEEM).
• Practical: processes of methodology application to real information systems and pilot implementations offer organizations ways to quickly implement integration concepts, and to, consequently, gain practical value from projects without making too high investments.
• Comparative: by defining the integrability index, it is possible to compare, using a unified, quantitative metric, the level of integration which is achieved by the information system of an organization and is expressed in the form of a multi-criteria vector.

This interdisciplinary research from the domains of law and informatics is financed by the Faculty of Law. Its goals are to further develop e-business and to increase confidence in it. Some contracts that are made over the electronic mail require a third independent party – an e-notary – to ensure proper judical protection. The primary aim of the research is to deal with external operation of the judiciary and notaries, and with capabilities for composing e-notarial documents and for processing of e-certifications. The research addresses juridically-regulating as well as technological challenges, and lays a foundation for introducing a referential model of the appropriate information architecture enabling efficient design and implementation of IT solutions. On the basis of the unified infrastructure and architecture, high integrability and connectivity will be assured, regardless of the heterogeneity of applied programming tools and platforms. This kind of open architecture, which relies on standards, as do XML and web services, is a necessary prerequisite for successful integration into international electronic business structures, such as SEEM (»Single European Electronic Market«).

The vision of technology network originates from the recognizable common benefits of network members, and from indicated opportunities in the field of information-communications technologies. The major advantages are related to the predicted high growth rates in certain areas of information-communications technologies usage, and with faster economic growth in the states of Central and South-eastern Europe. The key goals of the technology network are the development of new technologies, services and contents aimed at reaching higher added-value, introduction of an innovatory development environment, generation of new knowledge contributed to network member organizations, and a positive influence on other economic areas.

The goal of the project is to research and define architectural and infrastructural models of an integrated e-business system which is accordant with the ebXML (Electronic Business XML) specifications. The project will comprise the development of a standardized model for the creation and storage of selected documents, with regard to the directions of SEEM (Single European Electronic Market), the definition of corresponding vocabularies, schemes and ebXML Core Components, the proposal for the operationalization of vocabulary transformation mechanisms, and the definition of transformation templates. A strategy for the establishment of an ebXML Messaging Services based an architecture for the interchange of documents, and an ebXML Registry and Repository to locate and access selected ebXML documents, will also be introduced.

Institute of Informatics ensures advisory and education services for the needs of COBISS information system reengineering, respectively COBISS 3 information system development. Through the pilot solutions development, it also researches and evaluates technologies and approaches related to object and component development, XML language and technologies, web services, and security.

The Object Technology Center assists the technological evaluation of pilot projects for the component-based development of Web object applications using object modelling (UML), distributed objects, CORBA, Java, JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans, object-relational database management systems, object transaction monitors, and networked computers. In addition, special attention is paid to establishing a defined and systematic object-oriented software development process.

The aim of the project is to offer an educational and consulting programme for the necessary development of secure contemporary IT solutions. The programme is related to the domains of service-oriented architectures, object and component oriented technologies, and XML technologies, with special emphasis on the transformations of XML documents, security of networks and information systems, contemporary architectures, UML modelling, software development processes, design patterns, agile methods, and the Java platform.

The purpose of the project is to research and evaluate, by providing pilot solutions, different architectural designs of an IT solution for the automation of communication connections between the Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia and organizations for the production, distribution and transmission of electrical energy, distribution and transmission of natural gas, and owners of licenses for providing services in the energetics market. The research focuses on the efficient design and implementation of the core of service oriented architecture for an IT solution, which is based on XML documents, web services, the .NET framework, and state of the art security mechanisms.

For the purpose of developing an information system that will be used by Zavarovalnica Maribor insurance company, the Institute of informatics offers consulting and educational services related to the domains of XML technologies, web services, data base integration, security, object technology and component oriented development.

The purpose of the project is to improve the efficiency of integration patterns for the needs of developing high quality web services and related information systems for e-business support, primarily for B2B (Business-to-Business) and B2G (Business-to-Government) integration. The project has the following goals:

• identification of bottlenecks and disadvantages of existing integration patterns related to web services;
• introduction and optimization of solutions to overcome the identified bottlenecks and disadvantages;
• proof of improved efficiency by providing pilot models of e-business applications, which are exposed to measurements based on quantitative metrics defined within the model for the evaluation of efficiency of distributed architectures;
• identification of improvements and best practices, and modification of integration patterns, with the aim of enhancing the efficiency of e-business applications through the use of web services;
• definition of procedures to apply integration patterns to information systems of mainly small and medium sized enterprises (SME)

The project aims to develop a European skill card of a certified EU project manager. This skill card will be made available through an up-to-date solution (MM 1032 multimedia project CREDIT, 1998 – 2001), which offers an online system for browsing the skills card, performing self-assessment online, collecting evidence, and receiving a formal assessment of the evidence online. A skills gaps profile will show which course modules the student still would have to attend to manage the accreditation as a certified EU project manager. The project will develop the courses, the skills card, and configure the accreditation system for online services.

This project was financed within the Slovenian programme “Competitive position of Slovenia in 2001-2006”. Goals of the project are:

• development of methodology for process description and description of their relationships in a notation which is suitable for any organization in information society
• development of methodology for the establishment of a Quality Management System within any organization in information society
• verification of developed methodology in specific organization (governmental organization), and
• dissemination of the methodology (within governmental organizations and broader).

Project finished in October 2004. The methodology was developed and is available to the public.

The project aims to develop a European skill card of a certified EU project manager. This skill card will be made available through an up-to-date solution (MM 1032 multimedia project CREDIT, 1998 – 2001), which offers an online system for browsing the skills card, performing self-assessment online, collecting evidence, and receiving a formal assessment of the evidence online. A skills gaps profile will show which course modules the student still would have to attend to manage the accreditation as a certified EU project manager. The project will develop the courses, the skills card, and configure the accreditation system for online services.

The PIA-ISDM project is part of a larger project, which is performed by the Development centre IRC Celje d.o.o., FERI Maribor and FRI Ljubljana. The basic goal of the project is to reengineer the existing IS in order to meet requirements of efficient e-business. focused on creating open integral information architecture, using modern technologies such as J2EE (including EJB and JMS), XML, SOAP and web services.

Collaboration on the Mobitel project MA by organizing creative workshops, study workshops and educational workshops for internal and external participants on the subjects related to Java in telecommunications.

Collaborating on the ZZZS e-applications project (electronically intervened applications and changes for obligatory health, pension or disability insurance). Responsible for architecture design alternatives and implementation of two JAVA components for XML document processing. Focused on applying modern technologies and tools, related to XML, JAVA and other technologies such as XML Schema, DTD, DOM, SAX, XSL, JAVA 2 Enterprise Edition platform, servlets, JSP, EJB, JCE and also SOAP, UDDI and WSDL.