ebXML
The Framework for eBusiness
by the OASIS ebXML Joint Committee
This white paper provides an overview of the ebXML specifications and
their relevance. Adoption detail is included. Produced by members of
OASIS, this document provides a useful background for those considering
implementing the ebXML technology and/or hybrid approaches.
White Papers
XML.ORG experts share their knowledge and insight to help you learn more about how XML/Webservices is changing the industry, and how your organization can benefit. Choose a white paper or article from any of these categories:
Service Oriented Architecture
Understanding XML
XML for Managers
XML for Developers
Electronic Business XML
XML Storage Requirements
XML Schemas
Robin Cover on XML
Other Useful XML Resources
Taxonomies
Database & Data Management Systems
Web Services
Service Oriented Architecture
- Service Oriented Architecture
by Duane Nickull, Adobe Systems, Inc.
- This paper examines SOA, its history, business drivers and the standards that may be used to implement it. It attempts to define SOA and reviews basic and extended models of SOA in use today. For the purposes of this paper, SOA is defined by abstracting the common concepts and elements from architectures and standards that claim to be service oriented. The localized definition of SOA is therefore subject to change in the future.
Understanding XML
- UBL: The Next Step for Global E-Commerce,
Written by the OASIS UBL Marketing Sub-committee
December 26, 2001
PDF Format
StarOffice 6.0 (compressed XML) format
- XML is often described as the lingua franca of e-commerce. The implication is that by standardizing on XML, enterprises will be able to trade with anyone, any time, without the need for the costly custom integration work that has been necessary in the past. But this vision of XML-based "plug-and-play" commerce is overly simplistic. Of course XML can be used to create electronic catalogs, purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices, and the other documents needed to conduct business. But XML by itself doesn't guarantee that these documents can be understood by any business other than the one that creates them. XML is only the foundation on which additional standards can be defined to achieve the goal of true interoperability. The Universal Business Language (UBL) initiative is the next step in achieving this goal.
- XML in an Instant
by Charles Goldfarb
- Charles Goldfarb, inventor of markup languages, explains the basic concept of XML.
- Introduction to XML
by STEP
- The interest in XML comes especially from two directions: the Web, which is reaching the limits of HTML and SGML publishing, which is looking for a way onto the Web. This document addresses both groups of interest. It gives a short description of XML, its origin, its concepts and its purpose.
XML for Managers
- Putting XML to Work: Advantages of Content Management
by Interleaf
- Content management systems help organizations leverage investments in information throughout the enterprise. As with any new technology-based solution, there is confusion about what exactly constitutes content management. This white paper discusses the issues and technologies surrounding content management.
XML for Developers
- The XML Basics Handbook
by Itech Consulting
- This handbook contains basics of XML. It contains examples which can be executed using Notepad, Altova's XML Spy or EditPlus software. The handbook focuses on basic concepts and targets novices as well as intermediate XML programmers.
- Converting PDF Files into XML
by Rizwan Virk, CambridgeDocs
- This white paper explores issues related to extracting content from Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and transforming it into XML.
- XML Chances and Challenges for Online Providers
by Hans Holger Rath, Ph.D., STEP
- XML brings many benefits to the online information market. Setting up a working XML environment requires several steps and tools. This document helps online information providers prepare for a revolution from a global information space into a universal knowledge network.
- The XML Cuisinart: Making Users Happier and Markup Better with XML Appliances
by Chet Ensign, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
- Developers are challenged to create tools focused on accomplishing specific markup tasks, tailored to the ways that content creators approach their work. This paper proposes a conceptual category for tools that ease the tagging process: the "markup appliance." It explains why appliances are needed and where they fit in overall systems. It describes the advantages and benefits of their use (not the least of which is making XML editing more approachable and palatable). It lists the characteristics that these tools have in common and demonstrates several, real-life examples that have been applied to good effect.
- XML: Document and Information Management
by Todd Freter, Sun Microsystems
- This article discusses XML role in managing not only documents but also the information components on which documents are based.
Electronic Business XML
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Norwegian e-Health Infrastructure based on XML, ebXML and PKI: Trygdeetaten Case Study
PDF (A4)
PDF (Letter)
by Pim van der Eijk on behalf of OASIS
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Norway's National Insurance Administration (NIA) upgraded the EDI-based
communications infrastructure it used to connect to its business partners
with a new architecture based on open standards, including the ebXML
Messaging OASIS Standard, ISO 15000-2. NIA's ebXML Message service was built
using the Xenos terminalONE end-to-end, transaction gateway solution. To
date, NIA's system is in production with four applications, and has
transported several million ebXML messages corresponding to transactions
totaling more than 10 billion Norwegian Kroner (equivalent to 1.2 billion
EURO, or 1.5 billion USD). This case study was authored by Pim van der Eijk
on behalf of OASIS with cooperation from the NIA.
Funding was provided by Xenos, a Sponsor member of OASIS.
XML Storage Requirements
- XML - Foundation for the Future
by Mike Hogan, POET Software
- XML storage requirements are very different from those of HTML. The architectures of relational databases and file systems do not map well to the richly interlinking hierarchical architecture of structured XML content. Only object databases can effectively store, manage and manipulate XML data. This white paper discusses how the adoption of XML will drive the adoption of object database technology by the mainstream corporate market.
XML Schemas
Robin Cover on XML
- The Essence and Quintessence of XML. Retrospects and Prospects
By Robin Cover
- Robin Cover, author of the SGML/XML Web Page, reflects on some of the XML highlights in 1998 and ponders the prospects for XML's advance in 1999.
- XML Registry and Repository
by Robin Cover
- The rapid emergence of XML DTDs and vocabularies from industry and government sectors has focused public attention upon issues of resource identification, classification, cataloging, and delivery that hinder reuse and interoperability. In this document, Robin Cover, author of the SGML/XML Web Page, discusses how XML resources are not nearly as discoverable and reusable as they deserve to be.
Other Useful XML Resources
Taxonomies
Database & Data Management Systems
Web Services
Establishing an Inter-RTO Web Service Messaging standard
by Carl Ozkaynak, Dick Brooks, Maxime Pitard, Wipro
Seamless interfacing with business partners is the key component of a successful operation. This is especially true in the case of Regional Transmission Operators (RTOs) who must interface with a variety of entities including other RTOs. This paper gives an overview of how the WS-I Basic Profile, ebXML Messaging Service (ebMS), and Message Exchange Patterns (MEPs) simplifies this task as well as provides a framework for establishing the foundation for a successful Web services data exchange.
The Evolution of UDDI
by Brent Sleeper, The Stencil Group
By emphasizing the interaction of private and public registries, UDDI Version 3 helps to bring the vision of wide deployment of Web services closer to fruition. Far from the naïve assumption that UDDI represents the radical re-engineering of business processes, OASIS developers have focused on the real challenges of interoperability and interaction facing IT organizations as they begin to incorporate Web services concepts into their software systems. This evolution of UDDI from "e-business directory" to "Web services infrastructure" directly reflects the lessons and requirements of today's IT mandates.
Web Services for Content--An Architecture for Content Syndication, Routing & Distributed Publishing
Web Services can provide a powerful set of tools for sharing information across organizational boundaries, and even within organizations. Because Web Services are standards based, they are ideal for integration, and rely heavily on XML.
However, when serving up content or documents via Web Services, there are a number of thorny problems that may come up. These are related to querying, storing, converting, publishing/displaying and wrapping content. These considerations require an architecture that is tailored for documents and content, rather than simply for passing "data" across the internet. Adding a Web Services request/response module to your existing content becomes much easier when an sound architectural approach, that addresses each of these key issues, is considered before jumping ahead with Web Services for content.
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