The e-Framework uses several classification categories to tag Service Genres for cataloguing and discovery purposes. These classifiers will be used for all Service Genres published by the e-Framework; however, submitters and other communities may add their own additional classifiers.

Complete and accurate classification of the Service Genres will enable all parties to obtain a sense of a Service Genre’s characteristics and status, thereby helping them to assess the uniqueness of the Service Genre as well as its potential for application by other organizations or in other scenarios.

Major groups of classifiers

The classification scheme for Service Genres includes several Status Classifiers that describe a Service Genre’s general status and characteristics.

Within each of these groups, some classifiers are required while others are optional but highly desirable. Click on the links to view the permitted choices you can select for the required status classifiers and optional status classifier.

Status Classifiers

These classifiers describe a Service Genre's status and state of the component.

Required Status Classifiers:

• Domain – Focus, or area, of activity in which the Service Genre is principally used within an IT system. Areas of activity are generalised from the context of higher education.
• Maturity – The measure of the maturity of the Service Genre.
• Status - The overall status of the Service Genre and its documentation within the e-Framework.
• Confidence - A measure of the level of consensus that the e-Framework partners have in the accuracy of the Service Genre; Confidence level will be assigned by the e-Framework.

Optional Status Classifiers:

• Deployment scale - The level of deployment of the Service Genre.

Permitted choices for Service Genre classifier values

The e-Framework has specified a vocabulary from which you can choose the values to assign to each of the classifiers. Simply check the box next to the chosen word or phrase in the template document when you are preparing your Service Genre description for submission to the e-Framework.

For most classifiers, only one choice can be selected. For some classifiers, selecting multiple values is allowed; these classifiers will be listed as the plural form (with an 's') in the template used to submit a Service Genre.

Click on the classifier links above to review the definitions of the available choices. Providing a value or values for each required classifier and for as many optional classifiers will benefit the entire community. (Required classifiers are in BOLD type in the templates.)

Note: The e-Framework Editorial Team will assign the appropriate Status and Confidence level, and reserves the right to modify other classifier values prior to publication to ensure consistency across all components.