e-Business Semantics – standards for SMEs Amsterdam, June 2009 Kevin Ginty Centre for Internet Technologies

European Standards  CEN/ISSS eBusiness Board for European Standardisation (eBES) workshop Standards in competitor markets EDI and ebXML Future for eBusiness standards

eBES  European focus for EDI  European entry point for UN/CEFACT  European entry point for ebXML  Structure of expert groups Supply Chain, Customs, Construction, Healthcare, Banking, eGovernment, Agriculture

CEN/ISSS workshops  Financial services banking software (Java and Microsoft)  e-Business eBES eInvoicing Business Interoperability Initiative (BII) eTourism Cyber-identity  eHealth Interoperability – European Health Insurance Card

CEN/ISSS workshops (2)  eLearning & Skills ICT Skills Learning Technologies  Public services Data protection & privacy Discovery of Access to eGovernment resources Open XML interchange format for legal documents

Competitor Markets  Standardisation work active in Asia, and the USA  Some governments financing large scale work  European Agenda needs to be represented

EDI and ebXML  EDI will continue to be important for some years yet  ebXML has the backing of the EDI world (UN/CEFACT and OASIS)  ebXML gradually evolving into a useful set of standards

Future  Work closely with UN/CEFACT and OASIS  Collaborate to achieve a globally applicable ebXML  Ensure a proper European place in the global market

How can SMEs get involved?  CEN has set up a new Focus Group eSMEs  nessdomains/isss/activity/fg-esmes.asp nessdomains/isss/activity/fg-esmes.asp  European e-Business Support Network 

Thank you! Kevin Ginty Centre for Internet Technologies