FYI - FW: ebXML APPROVED

This press release contains information regarding the future development of
ebXML specifications and some additional
endorsements.

Dick Brooks (ebXML liaison to W3C XML Protocol Activity)
Group 8760
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:55 AM
> To: ebxml@lists.ebxml.org
> Subject: ebXML APPROVED
>
>
> ebXML Approved
>
> UN/CEFACT and OASIS Deliver on 18-Month Initiative for Electronic
> Business Framework
>
> Geneva, Switzerland and Boston, MA, USA; 14 May 2001 -- UN/CEFACT and
> OASIS today announced that participants from around the world approved
> ebXML specifications at a meeting in Vienna, Austria on 11 May 2001.
> ebXML, which began as an 18-month initiative sponsored by UN/CEFACT and
> OASIS, is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of
> any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the
> Internet. Using ebXML, companies now have a standard method to exchange
> business messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data in
> common terms and define and register business processes.
>
> The level of involvement and cooperation between industry groups,
> vendors and users that has been demonstrated in the ebXML initiative is
> unprecedented, said Klaus-Dieter Naujok of IONA, chair of ebXML and
> member of the UN/CEFACT Steering Committee. We applaud the work of all
> the organizations around the world who have collaborated on the
> development of ebXML.
>
> ebXML specifications and technical reports are available at no charge on
> http://www.ebxml.org. Approved specifications include ebXML Technical
> Architecture, Business Process Specification Schema, Registry
> Information Model, Registry Services, ebXML Requirements, Message
> Service and Collaboration-Protocol Profile and Agreement. Accepted ebXML
> technical reports include: Business Process and Business Information
> Analysis Overview, Business Process Analysis Worksheets & Guidelines,
> E-Commerce Patterns, Catalog of Common Business Processes, Core
> Component Overview, Core Component Discovery and Analysis, Context and
> Re-Usability of Core Components, Guide to the Core Components
> Dictionary, Naming Convention for Core Components, Document Assembly and
> Context Rules, Catalogue of Context Drivers, Core Component Dictionary,
> Core Component Structure and Technical Architecture Risk Assessment.
>
> ebXML implementations are already being announced, and we expect the
> rate of deployment to accelerate quickly, said Patrick Gannon, chair of
> the OASIS Board of Directors. Mr. Gannon pointed to recent announcements
> of ebXML integration and support from industry groups that represent a
> significant variety of user communities. RosettaNet, a consortium of
> more than 400 companies in information technology, electronic components
> and semiconductor manufacturing, plans to integrate support for the
> ebXML Messaging Services Specification in future releases of
> RosettaNet's Implementation Framework (RNIF). The Global Commerce
> Initiative, which represents manufacturers and retailers of consumer
> goods, chose to base their new Internet protocol standard for trading
> exchanges and B2B communications on ebXML. Other industry organizations,
> such as the Automotive Industry Action Group, Health Level Seven, Open
> Applications Group, Open Travel Alliance, SWIFT and formal international
> and North American EDI standards bodies, have also been active
> participants in the ebXML initiative.
>
> Adoption, implementation and maintenance of the ebXML specifications
> will be conducted by UN/CEFACT and OASIS under the auspices of a
> Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed by the two organizations
> in Vienna. Coordination of this work will be achieved through a joint
> UN/CEFACT and OASIS management committee.
>
>
> About ebXML
> ebXML (www.ebXML.org) is an International Initiative established by
> UN/CEFACT and OASIS in late 1999 with a mandate to undertake an 18-month
> program of work to research and identify the technical basis upon which
> the global implementation of XML (Extensible Markup Language) can be
> standardized. The goal of ebXML is to facilitate open trade between
> organizations regardless of size by enabling XML to be used in a
> consistent manner to exchange electronic business data.
>
> About UN/CEFACT
> UN/CEFACT (www.uncefact.org) is the United Nations body whose mandate
> covers worldwide policy and technical development in the area of trade
> facilitation and electronic business. Headquartered in Geneva, it has
> developed and promoted many tools for the facilitation of global
> business processes including UN/EDIFACT, the international EDI standard.
> Its current work programme includes such topics as Simpl-edi and Object
> Oriented EDI and it strongly supports the development and implementation
> of open, interoperable global standards and specifications for
> electronic business.
>
> About OASIS
> OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is the international, not-for-profit
> consortium that advances electronic business by promoting open,
> collaborative development of interoperability specifications. OASIS
> sponsors include Accenture, Access360, Adobe Systems, AND Data
> Solutions, Arbortext, Auto-trol, Aventail, Baltimore Technologies, B-Bop
> Associates, BEA Systems, Bentley Systems, Boeing Commercial Airplanes,
> Bowstreet, Business Logic Corporation, Chrystal Software, Cincom
> Systems, Cohesia, Commerce One, Critical Path, CrossLogix, DataChannel,
> Dataloom, Deutsche Post AG, Documentum, EADS Airbus, election.com,
> empolis, Engage, Enigma, Excelergy, eXcelon, Extricity Software, First
> Call Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Informix, Infoteria, Innodata,
> Intel, Interwoven, IPNet Solutions, ITEDO Software, Ivis Group,
> Jamcracker, Logistics Management Institute, Mediaplex, Mercator
> Software, Microsoft, Netegrity, NetFish Technologies, Netscape/AOL,
> NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion Association, Nimble Technology, NIST,
> Novell, ObjectSpace, Oblix, OpenNetwork Technologies, Pearson Education,
> Planet 7 Technologies, Popkin Software, Reuters Limited, SAA
> Consultants, Sabre, SAP, SeeBeyond, Sequoia Software, Silverstream
> Software, SoftQuad Software, Software AG, Sterling Commerce,
> StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synth-Bank, Tata Consultancy Services,
> The Tamalpais Group, Thomas Technology Solution, Tibco, US Defense
> Information Systems Agency, Virtual Access Networks, Visa International,
> Wavo, webMethods, Whitehill Technologies, Xerox, XML Global,
> XMLSolutions and Xyvision Enterprise Solutions.
>
>
> For more information:
> Carol Geyer
> Director of Communications
> OASIS
> carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
> +1.941.284.0403
>
>
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