ebXML Technical Architecture
Abstract
ebXML was the first major Service Oriented
Architecture developed using XML as a core technology. With
participation from over 75 countries worldwide, it now appears
to be enjoying rapid growth in the European Union. This overview
of ebXML is meant to give attendees a full understanding of ebXML
and its subsystems, Specifically, Metadata Management (Registry/Repository)
, Messaging Systems, Service Level Agreements (CPP/A), Process Management
(BPSS), a Technical Architecture, Modelling Methodology and Adoption statements
and future work.
Keywords
ebXML was a joint initiative co founded between OASIS (Organization for the Advancement
of Structured Information Systems) and United Nations CEFACT (Centre for the Facilitation
of Commerce and Trade) in November of 1999. Not merely another XML language, ebXML is
a global infrastructure to enable electronic business relationships and their management
over time.
ebXML uses an architectural paradigm called 'Service Oriented Architecture' or SOA.
The secondary main points of the ebXML is that it is an 'Event Driven' architecture and
also uses a Registry as a central component to facilitate publishing and discovery.
ebXML is a set of specifications that can be adopted incrementally for a phased transition.
These include the ebXML Requirements Document, Technical Architecture Specification,
ebXML Registry and Repository Technical Specifications, ebXML Messaging Technical Specification,
ebXML CPP/A Technical Specification and the ebXML BPSS (Business Process) Technical Specification.
Additionally, ebXML uses SOAP Messaging and Web Service Description Language for Registry API description
and binding.
Attendees will get an overview of the ebXML Architecture including an insight into what
the future may hold for this work. Within the 45 minute time slot, anyone can learn the
overview of this infrastructure and see how it works.
Senior Standards Strategist
As senior standards strategist for Adobe Systems‚ Duane Nickull
is responsible for managing Adobe participation in OASIS and
UN/CEFACT as well as ensuring that Adobe enterprise solutions
support emerging XML standards. Previously‚ Mr. Nickull co-founded
Yellow Dragon Software Corporation‚ a privately held developer of
XML messaging and metadata management software recently acquired by Adobe.
Mr. Nickull has served as the project team lead of the United Nations
(UN/CEFACT) eBusiness Architecture Group a technical advisor to the
UN/CEFACT OASIS Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and a specially
appointed liaison between the W3C‚ UN and OASIS standards consortiums.
Additionally‚ Duane has served as the chair for the United Nations
Electronic Business Working Group a direct sub-group of CEFACT TMG.
He also has served as the Co-lead of the ebXML Technical Architecture
group as well as co-editor of that specification starting in 1999.
Prior to 2003‚ Duane worked for XML Global Technologies‚ a company he
co-founded. He was a co-inventor of the first Context-sensitive XML
Search Engine (www.goxml.com) and the first web based XML E-Commerce ASP.
He is named on and was responsible for most of the 51 points covered
on patents pertaining to XML indexing and retrieval. He also served
as Technical Director for XSLT.com. He lives in Vancouver, Canada and
actively snowboards and mountain bikes.
