Copyright OASIS, 2002 OASIS & ebXML: The Building Blocks for eBusiness Web Services eBusiness Integration Conference March 27, 2002 Patrick Gannon President

Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS & ebXML: The Building Blocks for eBusiness Web ServiceseBusiness Integration Conference

March 27, 2002Patrick Gannon

President & CEO, OASIS


Application SystemBuyer Supplier

ERP/MRPERP/MRP

JobShop

System

JobShop

System

HTTPHTTP HTTPHTTPBusinessProcess

Applications

BusinessProcess

ApplicationsBrowser

BrowserBrowser

Browser

Web Application Server

XML Enabled E-MarketplacesWeb Service Integration

Collaboration HubCollaboration Hub

XMLXMLXMLXML

ebXML Message Service


AdapterAdapter



AdapterAdapter

ProcessIntegration

ProcessIntegration

XMLXML

Federal / Regional Chamber of Commerce

ebXMLRep.

Service

ebXMLRep.

Service

FinancialServices

LogisticServicesXMLXML XMLXML


Two Types of Web Services

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)-based for supporting simple Web Services

• Conversational or Message-based Web Services for supporting loosely coupled asynchronous models, a key requirement for Enterprise-class Web Services.


Remote Procedure Call (RPC)-based Web Services• Implemented using a stateless session EJB.• Appears as a remote object to the client

application. • The interaction centers around a service-

specific interface. • Tightly coupled and resemble traditional

distributed object paradigms, such as RMI or DCOM.

• Synchronous, meaning that when a client sends a request, it waits for a response before doing anything else.


Protocols for RPC-based Web Services• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

– W3C XML Protocol WG – SOAP v1.2

– Still in process

• Web Services Description Language (WSDL)– WSDL v1.1 (IBM & MS) W3C Note Mar. 2001

– W3C WS Description WG started Jan. 2002

• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI)– UDDI.org v2.0 specification June 2001


Conversational or Message-Based Web Services• Loosely coupled and document-driven• Client invokes a message-based Web Service

by sending it an entire document, such as a purchase order, rather than a discrete set of parameters.

• The Web Service accepts the entire document, processes it, and may or may not return a result message.

• Promotes a looser coupling between client and server and provide additional benefits beyond RPC-based Web Services


Protocols for Message-Based Web Services

• ebXML Messaging Services

• ebXML Collaboration-Protocol Profile

• ebXML Registry

• Business Transaction Protocol


Web Services

• Step 1: Description – WSDL – ebXML CPP Spec and ebXML Business Process Spec

• Step 2: Publication and Discovery– UDDI– ebXML Registry Spec

• Step 3: Invocation – SOAP over HTTP– ebXML Messaging Spec integrating SOAP, HTTP


ebXML Messaging Spec and SOAP

• ebXML uses SOAP with Attachments, wrapping XML SOAP format in MIME envelopes

• MIME envelopes allow SOAP/ebXML messages to include non-XML content such as digitized images or programming code as attachments


An Important Distinction

SOAP, UDDI, WSDL

• Developed by a small group of vendor companies

ebXML

• Developed in an open process by more than 4500 participants representing 2000 organizations in 150 countries on virtually every continent


ebXML

The Global Standard for Electronic Business


ebXML Provides a Standard Way to:

• Exchange business messages• Conduct trading relationships• Communicate data in common terms • Define and register business

processes


ebXML History

• Begun as 18-month initiative in November 1999

• Specifications delivered on schedule in May 2001

• Developed in an open process by more than 4500 participants representing 2000 organizations in 150 countries on virtually every continent


What does ebXML do?

• Lowers the cost/complexity of electronic business

• Facilitates global trade and puts SMEs and developing nations in the picture

• Expands electronic business to new and existing trading partners

• Converges current and emerging XML efforts

• Eliminates dependence by supporting any language, any payload, any transport


Main ebXML concepts• Business Processes – Defined as models,

Expressed in XML

• Business Messages – Expressed in XML

• Trading Partner Agreement – Specifies parameters for businesses to interface with each other – Expressed in XML

• Business Service Interface – Implements Trading Partner Agreement – Expressed in XML

• Transport and Routing Layer – Moves the actual XML data between trading partners

• Registry/Repository - Provides a “container” for process models, vocabularies, and partner profiles.


• United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

• Developers of EDIFACT

• One of four organizations in the world that can set de jure standards

• World’s largest independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the standardization of XML applications

• More than 200 member companies plus individuals


Sponsored by UN/CEFACT

• United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

• Sets worldwide policy and technical development in trade facilitation and electronic business

• Developed international EDI standard, UN/EDIFACT– one of only four international bodies able to set de

jure standards– plans to officially accredit ebXML on completion

• Continuing Business Process work under eBTWG


Sponsored by OASIS• World’s largest independent, non-profit

organization dedicated to the standardization of XML applications

• More than 500 members• Operates XML.ORG Registry, the open

community clearinghouse of XML application schemas

• Technical work on XML interoperability includes XML conformance and XML Registries/Repositories

• General XML technical resource


““ebXML is our only chance this ebXML is our only chance this decade to establish an decade to establish an international e-commerce international e-commerce standard.”standard.”


““ebXML provides a platform on ebXML provides a platform on which to build standards ... that are which to build standards ... that are developed faster and yet supported developed faster and yet supported by a rich set of software tools.”by a rich set of software tools.”


““It is clear that ebXML will soon become the It is clear that ebXML will soon become the standard for all global trade. By implementing standard for all global trade. By implementing ebXML, GCI takes advantage of the excellent ebXML, GCI takes advantage of the excellent work that’s being accomplished to streamline work that’s being accomplished to streamline many EDI processes and remove waste and many EDI processes and remove waste and redundancy from supply chains.”redundancy from supply chains.”


Industry Groups Support ebXML

The Open Healthcare Group


OASIS Members Support ebXML


ebXML Architecture

Package

Retrieval of Profiles & new or updated ebXML Models

TransportBiz ServiceInterface

Biz ServiceInterface

Internal Bus AppShrinkwrap

App

Repository

Implementers

Business Process and Information Models

Build

Registration

TPA

UML to XML conversion

Build

Retrieval of New or Updated ebXML Models

ebXML Transport

Retrieval of ebXML Specifications & Models


Continuing ebXML Work

• Specifications completed May 2001; available at www.ebxml.org

• Infrastructure work continuing at OASIS– Messaging– Collaborative Partner– Interoperability, Implementation, Conformance– Registry & Repository

• Content-related work continuing at UN/CEFACT– Business Process– Core Components


OASISOASIS

One Membership – Many OpportunitiesOne Membership – Many Opportunities


Role of Standards


OASIS provides a framework for XML interoperability that is

critical to the future success of electronic business.

OASIS puts the control of XML specifications firmly in the hands of

those who will use them.

Jon Bosak, Sun Microsystems“Father of XML”

Organizer of the Working Group that Created XML

”“


Overview• OASIS is a member consortium dedicated to

building systems interoperability specifications• We focus on industry applications of structured

information standards, such as XML, SGML, & CGM.

• Members of OASIS are providers, users and specialists of standards-based technologies & include organizations, individuals & industry groups. – ~200 organizational members, ~250 individual

members

• International, Not-for-profit, Open, Independent• Successful through industry-wide collaboration


Sponsor Members• Accenture• Access360• Adobe Systems, Inc.• Altova GmbH• Arbortext, Inc.• Auto-trol Technology

Corp.• Aventail Corp.• Baltimore Technologies• B-Bop Associates• BEA Systems, Inc.• Bentley Systems• Bowstreet • Business Logic Corp.• Chrystal Software• Cincom Systems• Citrix Systems• Cohesia Corporation• CommerceOne• Critical Path• CrossLogix• Cyclone Commerce• DataChannel, Inc.• Dataloom, Inc.• Deutsche Post AG• Documentum• EADS Airbus SA • election.com• empolis• Engage• Enigma, Inc.• Epicentric, inc.

• Excelergy Corp.• Extricity Software• Fujitsu• Hewlett-Packard• IBM• Identrus• Informix Software, Inc.• Infoteria• Innodata Corporation• Intel• Interwoven, Inc.• IONA• IPNet Solutions, Inc.• ITEDO Software GmbH• Ivis Group Limited• Jamcracker• Logistics Mgmt Inst.• Mediaplex• Mercator Software• Microsoft Corporation• NeoCore• Netegrity, Inc.• Netscape/AOL• NextPage, LC• NII Enterprise Promotion

Assoc.• Nimble Technology• NIST• Novell• ObjectSpace, Inc.• Oblix• OpenNetwork

Technologies• Oracle• Pearson Education• Planet 7 Technologies

• Popkin Software• Republica• Reuters Limited• SAA Consultants• Sabre • SAP• Securant Technologies• SeeBeyond• Silverstream Software• SoftQuad Software Inc.• Software AG• Sterling Commerce• StreamServe, Inc.• Sun Microsystems• Sybase• Tata Consultancy Services• The Boeing Company• The Tamalpais Group, Inc.• Thomas Technology

Solution• Tibco• Unisys Corporation• US Defense Information

Systems Agency• Virtual Access Networks• Vitria• webMethods, Inc.• Whitehill Technologies, Inc.• Xerox Corporation• XML Global• XMLSolutions Corporation• Xyvision Enterprise

Solutions


OASIS standards process

• Standards are created under an open, democratic, vendor-neutral process– Any interested parties may participate, comment– No one organization can dictate the standard– Ensures that standards meet everyone’s needs,

not just largest players’

• Open to all interested parties• All discussion open to public comment• One organization/One vote• Resulting work is guaranteed to be

representative of the industry as a whole, not just any one vendor’s view


What OASIS Offers Industry

• Time to Market: don’t waste your time and effort setting up– Committee process– Infrastructure (web site, mail lists)– IPR policy– Copyright protection– Program Management– Marketing/Promotion– Anti-trust

• Use your technical expertise on technical work, not on setting up administrative overhead


What OASIS Offers Its Members

• Opportunity to pursue technical work in a neutral environment– Buy-in and support from other

developing and implementing organizations

• Opportunity to set the technical agenda of a recognized industry standards organization– OASIS member-driven technical process


Current Technical Committees• Access Control

(XACML)• Business Transaction

Protocol (BTP)• Conformance• Customer Information

(CIQ)• Directory Services

(DSML)• DocBook• ebXML CPPA• ebXML IIC• ebXML Messaging• ebXML Registry• Election Services• Entity Resolution• Human Markup

• Provisioning Services• RELAX NG• Security Services• Topic Maps Published

Subj.• Topic Maps (Geo & Lang)• Universal Business

Language• Vocabulary for XML

Stds.• Web Services Interactive

Applications• Web Services Remote

Portal• XML Common Biometric• XML Localization

Interchange• XSLT Conformance• CGM Open (member

section)• LegalXML (member

section)


OASIS


XML.org

• Central clearinghouse for accessing XML schemas, vocabularies and related documents

• Self-supporting, non-commercial resource created by and for the community at large

• Foster collaboration within and between industries


XML.org


XML.org’s XML in Industry


The XML Cover Pages

• The authoritative resource for XML info– News

– Press Releases

– Product Information

– Specifications

– Whitepapers

• http://xml.coverpages.org/


The XML Cover Pages


Technical Committee Details

• Most current status of each TC available at http://oasis-open.org/committees/committees.shtml

• TC mail list archives available at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/

http://oasis-open.org/committees/committees.shtml

http://oasis-open.org/committees/committees.shtml

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/


OASIS Value

• Nine years demonstrated success

• Neutral and independent

• Technical and procedural competence

• Worldwide visibility and outreach

• Close coordination with peer standards organizations on a global level


For more information...

• www.oasis-open.org

• xml.coverpages.org/

• www.xml.org

Patrick Gannon

President & CEO

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Copyright OASIS, 2002 OASIS & ebXML: The Building Blocks for eBusiness Web Services eBusiness Integration Conference March 27, 2002 Patrick Gannon President