The Prototype consisted of several components, including the Gateway Prototype, a Dog Licensing Application, Parcel Transfer Verification Check Application, and Contact Repository Application.

The purpose of the Gateway Prototype was to pull several different G2G business functions from different state and local agencies through one common place on theInternet. The Gateway Prototype included

• single sign-on,
• centralized identification and authorization of users,
• access to the look up feature of the Contact Directory with ability to do predefined sorts and queries,
• access to role-appropriate business functions (dog licensing, parcel transfer data verification check, contact repository),
• access to general information resources, and
• access to Help and FAQs.

This intergovernmental application represented a high volume transaction process. It involves the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets and cities, towns, and villages throughout the state. The Dog Licensing Application provided:

• data as required in the existing DL1Form,
• input into a repository of new dog and owner information producing generic recording of licenses for non-purebred dogs,
• renewal of licenses (excluding mailing renewal notices to owners),
• transfer of ownership, and
• local reporting functions.

This application supported an exception reporting process that involves ORPS, county real property officials, and town and city assessors. It was a data quality check on the status of parcel transfers in localities throughout New York State. The application applied nine business rules that identified potential data problems. The application provided:

• validation of data input from the required RP 5217 form,
• alerts to assessors, county real property tax service officers, and ORPS staff about potential data conflicts or abnormalities,
• simplified verification and correction steps for data quality, and
• more accurate recording of parcel transfer data in the initial stages of reporting.

This application, modeled after the Office of the State Comptroller's MACROS system, provided access to a repository of contact information for state and local government officials. This application included:

• a decentralized data management process in which each state agency or local government was the owner of its respective contact information,
• role-based assignment of data owners and data entry operators,
• ability for the data owner to change, delete or add data,
• ability for all users to search, view, and export contact information, and
• ability for all users to propose a change to any record for the approval of the record's data owner.