A summary of ebXML the new World Standard for eBusiness

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A summary of ebXML (the new World Standard for
e-Business)

• Dave Welsh
• Collaborative Domain Corporation

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Agenda for today

• Quick history of ebXML
• Where did ebXML go beyond EDI
• New UN/CEFACT organization
• The roadmap ahead
• Audience participation !!!

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Audience Participation

• Who has read about, heard about, or been asked
  about ebXML ?

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Quick history of ebXML

• A joint OASIS - UN/CEFACT pilot project for 18
  months that ended in Vienna on May 2001.
• After Vienna
• Oasis continued with Messaging, Registry, and
  CPPA
• UN/CEFACT transition group (eBTWG) e-Business
  Architecture, Core Components, Business Processes
• eBTWG set the stage for the new UN/CEFACT
  organization.

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Some challenges in ebXML

• Neutral governmental standards body working very
  closely with the technology industry
• Accelerated development for a standards body
  internet time.
• Build upon years of proven EDI and go into
  e-Business
• A new Open Development Process (ODP)

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Open Development Process (typical timeline)
Step 1. Propose a Specification DONE
Step 2. Compile Requirements
DONE Step 3. Write 1st Working Draft
DONE Step 4. Refine 1st Working Draft In
Process / Completing Step 5. Public Review
Cycle To start Step 6. Implementation
Verification To start Step 7. Release of
Final Specifications To start
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Where did ebXML beyond EDI?
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Audience Participation

• Who thinks business process modeling is too hard ?

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The alignment domain
Business Domain Model
Supply Chain Operations Model
Organization A Business Operations Model
Organization B Business Operations Model
e-Business Collaboration Model
Goal Alignment
Process Alignment
Information Alignment
Security Infrastructure
Message Infrastructure
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Views of a Business Collaboration
Management
Business commitment and collaboration
specification
Business agreements and metrics
Goal alignment
Operations
Business collaborationprotocol specification
Business operation and interaction processes
Process alignment
B2B
Analysts, Developers
eBusiness message
Business object state
Information alignment
Systems Integrator, Network Administrator
Collaboration role and digital signature
Partner authentication and authorization
Security infrastructure
Application Integrator
eBusiness implementation framework
Component interaction sequence diagrams
Messaging infrastructure
A2A
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Modeling Requires Team Work
Author(s)
Audience
Worksheets
Business Analyst, Business Architect
Executive Management, Business Owners
Business Domain Modeling
Business Analyst, Business Modeler
Executive Management, Business Owners,
Information Modeler, Process Modeler
Business Collaboration Modeling
Information Modelers, Process Modeler
Business Analyst, Systems Architect, Implementer
Business Transactional Modeling
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Key ebXML modeling concepts Business Activities
and Business Object Flow
Language of real world business operations
Order pending
Business Object state
Order Goods
Business Collaboration Activity
Order expectingDelivery
Business Object resulting State
Deliver Goods
Business Collaboration Activity
Language of technical modeling collaborations
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ebXML Worksheets
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UN/CEFACT Organization(where businesses and
governments gather)
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Audience Participation

• Who thinks going to ebXML means throwing away
  years of EDI work and investment?

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eBTWG Organization
eBTWG Teams
UMM
use
use
use
use
sync
use
sync
CC
BET
BCP
BCPMC
use
change
change
sync
use
upgrade
BPSS 2.0
BPSS 3.0
change
sync
sync
BP CAT
BPIMES / BRIM
CPPA
MSG
Storage format
RegRep
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E-Business Roadmap ahead(opportunities and
threats)
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Audience Participation

• Who thinks ebXML is different than Web Services?

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Things on the ebXML roadmap

• State of the economy (participation and pilot
  programs)
• Aligning EDI and the new ebXML architecture
• Convergence
• OASIS UBL and Core Components
• X.12 and others
• Legal issues
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Doing e-Business (ex. Registry, Trading Partner
  Agreement)
• ebXML, the missing Business Process piece of Web
  Services

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Thank you