UPCITY: A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE FOR E-PARTICIPATION

Adrian Buzgar, Sabin Buraga

2010

Abstract

This paper proposes UPCITY, a Service-Oriented Architecture for eGovernment. UPCITY tracks the stages of a local community problem-solving workflow on an interactive map, by using a zoomable user interface, as well as a timeline to add a temporal dimension to data present in the system. Usability related features, as well as interoperability with popular social networks, are used to encourage citizen participation. We provide an extensible platform by means of a flexible plug-in system, exemplified by an epidemic tracker.

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Buzgar A. and Buraga S. (2010). UPCITY: A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE FOR E-PARTICIPATION . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-674-025-2, pages 325-332. DOI: 10.5220/0002803703250332


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@conference{webist10,
author={Adrian Buzgar and Sabin Buraga},
title={UPCITY: A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE FOR E-PARTICIPATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2010},
pages={325-332},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002803703250332},
isbn={978-989-674-025-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - UPCITY: A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE FOR E-PARTICIPATION
SN - 978-989-674-025-2
AU - Buzgar A.
AU - Buraga S.
PY - 2010
SP - 325
EP - 332
DO - 10.5220/0002803703250332