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This book is for developers who are familiar with XML and who need to understand and apply the ebXML specifications in order implement, or integrate with, an electronic trading system. ebXML is relatively immature but is rapidly being adopted anyone responsible at a technical level for assessing the relevance or importance of ebXML for their requirements and starting to develop ebXML solutions will find this book useful. ebXML is a framework of specifications that enables businesses to collaborate electronically using XMLbased technologies. The framework comprises modular components, addressing each of the key functions required to implement a complete ebusiness solution. These functions include: defining business processes and associated roles and activities, creating and publishing business profiles in a registry, storing business information in a repository, searching for other business partners, agreeing trading protocols, creating business documents, and sending them via secure and reliable messaging systems. ebXML is open, interoperable, and affordable. Maintained by industry consortia (OASIS and UN/CEFACT) and based on XML, it allows companies to benefit from electronic trading via a global network regardless of size or geographical location, both within and across industries. This book covers: An overview of electronic business and the interrelation of the ebXML framework componentsModeling business processes and documents with ebXML BPSS, UMM, and XML SchemasDefining trading profiles and setting up collaborative agreements with ebXML CPP/CPAAttracting and discovering business partners using ebXML Registry/Repository or UDDICreating business message payloads using ebXML Core Components, XML, and nonXML contentTransporting messages using ebXML Messaging Services, SOAP, JMS, and JAXMImplementing secure, flexible ebXML solutionsReal world case studiesAbout the AuthorPim van der Eijk has been working with SGML and XML for over a decade, initially while working as a researcher in computational linguistics and later as a technology consultant and project leader with Cap Gemini Ernst and Young. Pim currently has his own consulting company, Sonnenglanz. You can contact him at pvde@sonnenglanz.net. Duane Nickull is a cofounder of XML Global Technologies, Inc. and shares responsibility for the company`s overall technology direction. He is a coinventor of the first contextsensitive XML Search Engine, GoXML, and the first webbased XML ECommerce ASP. Duane is also the Technical Director for XSLT.com and participates in a number of standards bodies including UDDI and OAG.
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