ebXML Today

»David Webber, »OASIS CAM TC Chair

»Pim van der Eijk, »Sonnenglanz Consulting and OASIS

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Abstract

The ebXML specifications have matured rapidly over the past year. New components and capabilities have been added and the overall architecture extended. Learn about this new comprehensive release of ebXML that is available from OASIS.

The ebXML approach has been endorsed by the EU and is being used in a variety of projects within the EU and globally. Learn about how these demands are being addressed by the ebXML specifications and how you too can take advantage of ebXML based deployments today.

A complete range of solutions are available from proven open source components that are in production use through to sophisticated suites from major vendors.

See how ebXML is providing the underpinning to these solution sets and how to start a simple minimal deployment through to exploiting the full range of ebXML deployment components together.

Also important is learning how to leverage ebXML in tandem with other technologies and these areas are discussed and particularly the use of ebXML in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) deployment.

To round out the presentation a summary of the status and timelines for the availability of the newest ebXML features and specifications will be provided.

Keywords

»E-business, »EbXML, »Ecommerce, »SOA.

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Biography

»David Webber

»OASIS CAM TC Chair

»Damascus, MD

»USA

Email: drrwebber@acm.org

Web: http://drrw.net

David R.R. Webber is Chair of the OASIS CAM TC and co-author of "ebXML:The New Global Standard for Doing Business on the Internet" (http://ebxmlbook.com). He is a cofounder of the XML/EDI Group and an acknowledged authority on XML. Webber lectures frequently in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, has more than 20 years' experience implementing business systems in a broad spectrum of industries, and is a U.S. patent holder for advanced EDI software technologies. Webber has published numerous articles and multimedia on requirements for developing Webservice and XML/EDI business solutions, and is currently involved in an advisory role with a wide variety of industry initiatives developing XML business schemas and integration technologies. Most recently, Webber has been focusing on facilitating the development and deployment of semantic registry systems by government and industry organizations. He received his degree in physics with computing from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, in 1976 and more information on his current work is available at http://drrw.net.

»Pim van der Eijk

»Sonnenglanz Consulting and OASIS

»Maarn

»The Netherlands

Email: lists@sonnenglanz.net

Web: http://www.sonnenglanz.net/

Pim van der Eijk is an independent consultant, project manager and writer, based in the Netherlands. His company, Sonnenglanz, delivers consulting and XML project management services, with an emphasis on EAI/B2B applications. Recent projects include a national criminal justice integration project (Netherlands), an ebXML-based e-health integration project (UK), a study on electronic catalog standards, an ebXML interoperability pilot project (Belgium), and the design of a content management system for construction cost calculation. He has presented and published extensively on various topics, and co-authored the book "Professional ebXML Foundations".Pim also works for OASIS as their European Representative. In this capacity, he supports and expands OASIS membership in Europe by organizing activities and promoting involvement in technical work. He speaks on behalf of the Consortium at many European conferences and seminars.Prior to becoming full-time involved in XML topics, Pim worked as a researcher and software developer on language technology and document retrieval. He co-developed several academic and commercial natural language processing systems.