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URL:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ebxml-iic
ebXML (Electronic Business XML) is a project to use
the Extensible Markup Language (XML) to standardize the secure exchange of
business data. Among other purposes, ebXML would encompass and perhaps replace
a familiar standard called Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). ebXML is designed
to enable a global electronic marketplace in which enterprises of any size, and
in any location, could safely and securely transact business through the
exchange of XML-based messages. The United Nations body for Trade Facilitation
and Electronic Business Information Standards (UN/CEFACT) and the Organization
for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) launched the
project as a joint initiative. Its membership includes 75 companies, including
major IT vendors and trade associations throughout the world.
Because ebXML relies on the Internet's existing
standards such as HTTP, TCP/IP, MIME, SMTP, FTP, UML, and XML, it can be
implemented and deployed on virtually any computing platform. The use of
existing standards gives ebXML the advantage of being relatively inexpensive
and easy to use.
Keywords:
Enterprise VP, Computational VP, Limited usage
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