This document discusses OpenFed, a Drupal distribution created by BOSA, the Belgian Federal Public Service Policy and Support, to help administrations set up Drupal sites more easily. OpenFed is a selection of compatible modules that avoid maintenance issues and focus on features like multilingual support and privacy. BOSA hosts the sites, while external companies handle development and configuration. The distribution and BOSA's service model can be reused by other administrations. The document also briefly mentions Data.gov.be and exchanging data between portals using DCAT metadata standards.

1. OpenFed, a Drupal
distribution
OSPO++ network 10/2023

2. About BOSA
• Belgian Federal Public Service Policy and Support
• Provides services to other administrations
… but we do not fix your computer ;-)
• https://bosa.belgium.be/en

3. Let’s talk about Drupal
• Open source WCMS with a large and active community
• Good : so many features and modules to choose from
• Bad : so many features and modules to choose from

4. OpenFed
• Selection of a series of compatible modules
• https://www.drupal.org/project/openfed
• Avoid maintenance hell / reduce configuration time
• Focus on multi-language, privacy
• Contribute patches to Drupal community
• https://www.drupal.org/belgian-fps-policy-and-support-bosa#projects-supported

5. The model
• Framework agreement, new tender every 3 - 5 years
• Administrations don’t have to go through full procurement process
• Hosting / back-up / platform updates: BOSA
• Development / configuration / styling : external company
• Paid by the administration

6. Reuse ?
• Feel free to use the distribution …
• … or take a look at the modules we’ve selected
• … or reuse the development / service model

7. And Now for Something
Completely Different
Data.gov.be

8. Metadata exchange
• There will not be a ‘unique’ portal for datasets
• Regional / national / EU-portals
• Geo / transport / biodiversity portals
• … but one can use DCAT to exchange data between them
• See also https://github.com/fedict/dcattools

9. The portal is a by-product
• THE most important front-end feature: contact form
• THE most important back-end feature : network of people
• As for technology:
• Scraping / metadata conversion tools
• Corrections: SKOS mappings, SPARQL queries

10. Q&A
bart.hanssens@bosa.fgov.be