Copyright OASIS, 2002 Challenges and Successes in Interoperability Scott McGrath OASIS.

Copyright OASIS, 2002

Challenges and Successes in Interoperability

Scott McGrath

OASIS


Greatest challenges to interoperability• Too many, incompatible industry

vocabularies or specifications

• No broad, industry-wide input to and support for specifications

• JCV “standards” or vendor-proprietary implementations and extensions

• Those using the spec don’t have input


Who makes Standards:Consortia vs SDO• Domain Experts• Market awareness• Fast development• Uncertain process• JCV limits &

confusion • Evolving/

unenforceable standards

• Recognized process

• Thorough process• Lack speed to

market• Uncertain market

relevance• Permanent/

enforceablestandards


Highest Value= Lowest Development Cost Widest ImplementationGreatest Interoperability

Lowest Value=Conflicting non-StandardsExpensive Implementations & UseProprietary Designs

MarketTraction

FormalSanctio

n

Standards Value:


OASIS Standards: Open and Adopted

Mar

ket A

dopt

ion

Open Standardization

Traction

SanctionProprietary JCV Consortia

SDO-Gov’t

SGMLISO

XMLW3C

SOAP v1.1 SOAP v1.2W3C

UDDI v2UDDI.org

WSDL WGW3C

eb MS v2OASIS

eb Reg v2OASISWSDL v1.1

Standards:


OASIS- part consortia, part SDO

• Open member organization

• Market awareness

• Very low cost for participation

• Domain experts

• Fast process

• Recognized process

• Enforceable results

• OASIS is a Class A Liaison to ISO TC 154, the international standards body for electronic commerce syntax

• OASIS is a member of the Management Group for the ISO IEC ITU UN/CEFACT Memo of Understanding on Electronic Commerce Standards


The OASIS solution for Interoperability

• Convergence

• Coordination

• Harmonization


Convergence at OASIS

• AuthXML and S2ML converge in the SAML TC

• TREX and RELAX converge in the RELAX NG TC

• WSUI and WSXL converge in the WSIA TC• XRPM, ADpr, ITML converge in the PSML TC• AND Global Address, MSI NAML converge in

the CIQ TC• Recent announcement Web Services

Security


Dot-orgs have moved to OASIS

• ADpr Initiative

• AuthXML.Org

• ITML.Org

• LegalXML.org

• S2ML.Org

• TopicMaps.org

• WSUI.Org

• XRPM Working Group


Vendors have submitted specs to OASIS TCs• Work such as

– WSXL from IBM

– XOCP from BEA Systems

– xCBL from Commerce One

– ITML from Jamcracker

– CRML, others from MSI

– XrML from ContentGuard


Coordination

• European Parliament

• European Commission

• Business Registry

• CTML

• LegalXML

• Others– Election & Voter Services, Open Education Standards, etc


European Parliament

• RFP will require implementations based on open standards

• Contractor selection will focus on those companies with experience in standards development

• “We will no longer fund development of proprietary or non-standards based systems. Interoperability must prevail.” Peter Pappamikail


European Commission• DG Information Society

– Single European Electronic Marketplace• Providing funding• Providing vision• Expects use of ebXML

• DG Enterprise– Auto Repair Information

• Response to consumer and aftermarket needs for information

• Requiring standard format of manufacturers’ information• Allowing users and providers to create standard via

OASIS TC Process• Results will be enforced


Controlled Trade Mark-up Language• Sponsored by US Dept of State

– Scholarships for emerging economies

• Government agencies globally

• Documentation systems providers

• Controlled goods manufacturers

• Transportation & logistic experts

• Localization industry


User community drives LegalXML

• US Dept of Justice

• 12 state, county, local agencies

• Dozens of Individuals

• These users are driving expectations

• These users are guiding their technology partners


OASIS leads Harmonization

• ebXML

• UBL


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.


Continuing ebXML Work• Specifications available at www.ebxml.org• Infrastructure work continuing at OASIS

– Messaging- V2.0 OASIS Standard vote now underway.– Collaborative Partner– Interoperability, Implementation, Conformance– Registry & Repository

• RIM v 2.0 OASIS Standard, 2.1 TC specification• RS x2.0 OASIS Standard, v2.1 TC specification

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


ebXML Implementations highlighted at ebXML Day, May 2002

• Open Source ebXML Registry Implementation, CECID U-Hong Kong

• ebXML Messaging in Insurance, Innovation Process Technology

• ebXML and IFX, XT-I

• Pan Asian E-Commerce Alliance's Global e-Trade Platform Based on ebXML, KTNET

• See OASIS & ebXML web sites for complete list


““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


UBL Summary

• UBL is “the real deal” – actual standard XML business schemas– Completes the ebXML stack

– Combines the experience of XML and business experts

• UBL is dedicated to vendor-neutral interoperability– Open process

– Unencumbered IP

– Cross-industry semantic harmonization

• UBL can enable the “B2B web”– HTML + HTTP = web publishing

– UBL + ebXML = web commerce


UBL- industry interoperability

ChemicalMfr C

C’s industrypartners

CIDX

AutoMfr B

B’s industrypartners

OAGIS

ElectronicsMfr A

A’s industrypartners

RosettaNet


UBL Liaisons

• ACORD (insurance industry)

• EIDX (electronics industry)

• ARTS (retail sales)

• RosettaNet (information technology)

• XBRL (accounting)

• X12 (EDI)

• UN/EDIFACT (EDI)


Security - A Real Success Story

• SAML

• Access Control - XACML

• Provisioning – PSTC

• Biometrics Format- XCBF

• Rights Language XrML

• Web Services Security


OASIS portals for information sharing• XML.org

– Open, vendor neutral, portal for sharing real XML developments

– Expect a new focus on industry sectors• Industry specific pages--compilation of

relevant standards, best practices, architecture etc.

• Content driven by users

• XML Cover Pages


Future Steps for OASIS

• Technical Architecture Board

• Greater convergence

• More liaisons with more organizations

• More opportunities for government and vendor partnering in a neutral way


Future steps for you

• Decide which existing standards are meaningful

• Expect implementations around these standards

• Identify and lead development of additional standards in your domain

• Support development where development is appropriate


More information

• Scott McGrath– [email protected]

– 1 978-667-5115

• www.oasis-open.org

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.oasis-open.org/

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