The Cúram Evidence Broker provides a flexible approach to evidence
sharing. SEM agencies can configure how they share evidence with other
agencies in one way, and configure how they receive broadcasted evidence
from other agencies in a completely different way. SEM agencies can define
the rules for sharing case evidence per evidence type and per case type.
For systems that are configured to use person/prospect person evidence,
the evidence broker can also be configured to share this evidence in
addition to case evidence. The main features of the Cúram Evidence Broker
are as follows:
- Evidence can be shared between cases, or for systems that are
configured to use person/prospect person evidence, evidence can also be
shared between a case and a person/prospect person record.
- The evidence broker recognizes the difference between
sharing identical and non-identical evidence. For identical evidence,
the same evidence type is shared between a source and target. For
non-identical evidence, the source evidence type is different from the
target evidence type.
- Evidence sharing is fully configurable with separate
configuration processes for identical and non-identical evidence.
- Once configured for sharing, identical evidence is
broadcast to the target, where it can be automatically or manually
accepted and activated. Identical evidence can also be rejected.
- Evidence from different sources can be compared to
existing evidence so that a caseworker can make an informed decision as
to whether or not to accept it.
- The evidence broker recognizes that evidence can be
shared at various stages in its lifecycle (i.e. new, updated and removed
evidence) and likewise can be merged in with evidence at various stages
in its lifecycle, and therefore provides the necessary business
validations to cater for this and to preserve the integrity of the
evidence workflow on both the source and target.
- The evidence broker allows the user to process incoming
evidence one by one, e.g. if the user needs to compare against existing
evidence on a case, but also allows a user to process incoming evidence
in bulk mode; accepting or rejecting all incoming evidence.