1 Open Forum for Standards Developers New York June 20-21, 2006 Presented by Mark Palmer Vice Chair of UN/CEFACT International Cooperation on eBusiness Standards (extract for UN/CEFACT Discussions – Sept. 2007)

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 2 Background  Many, overlapping eBusiness standards initiatives  Too many standards and lack of commonality in use  Industry and government expending critical resources to monitor and influence multiple efforts  Industry consortia agreed to work on improvements — eBusiness Standards Convergence (eBSC) Forum — workshops and teams to address specific barriers  Common representation of coded lists  Service Oriented Architectures  Alternate Methods for Developing Message Building Blocks and Management of Complexity

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 3 Forum  eBusiness Standards Convergence (eBSC) Forum ( )  Purpose: encourage coordination and convergence  Neutral forum for industry, government and SDOs to: — assess current state of delivery and use — define actions to improve this situation — optimize delivery and accelerate use  Deliver results to organizations developing or using eBusiness standards — some results marginal impact: representation of code lists — others got traction: capabilities and standards registry  Success required commitment and ongoing advocacy

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 4 Barriers to Progress  Lack of oversight and coordination among SDOs  Ineffective harmonization / convergence processes  Consolidated industry mandates, strategies, commitment and leadership often missing  Competition (real & perceived) between SDOs  Perception that convergence erodes prominence  Cost & time to modify / converge published specs  Corporate decision makers apprehensive of further investments in “infrastructure” standards or changes  Minimal direct pressure on SDOs to converge

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 5 Observations and Challenges  Camps of Interest / No Shared Roadmap — SDOs with overlapping, parallel projects — addressing similar technical requirements and challenges  Need for a common, conceptual framework — provide a model for viewing the eBusiness space — understand requirements and available capabilities — identify overlaps, gaps and linkages — plan and coordinate projects and convergence — enable a registry of standards and SD projects.  who, what, how, when, status, access, input,…

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 6 eBusiness Capabilities, Standards and Standards Projects Matrix  Started with common concepts for first version  Collected examples for testing and refinement  Presented results to industry and SDOs — May 2005 workshop at NIST, with ANSI – link to NSSN  ISO IEC ITU UN/ECE MoU on eBusiness Standards — agreement on need for de jure and consortia initiatives  Aerospace Industry Association (AIA) – trial use — March 2006 report: effective basis for industry planning  Initiating work on prototype federated registry

Interest in Common Framework  Industry Questionnaire - Q11. Is this model of eBusiness capabilities “stack” useful and sufficient for providing a generic framework for describing what is needed? Summary of Responses: Yes, general support for the generic model; many organizations have ideas on modifications/additions.

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 8 Capabilities Framework: Purpose  Framework for standards developers to communicate effectively eBusiness-standards-related concepts among one another to promote more effective standards development, cross-industry standards collaboration and convergence, and standards adoption and deployment.  Framework for users of eBusiness standards to understand the available standards and relevant initiatives and to develop industry Roadmaps for the adoption and deployment of eBusiness standards.  Basis for federated repository of information on eBusiness standards initiatives with which standards implementers can approach planning,evaluation, selection, implementation and deployment.

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 9 Initial Capabilities Framework  Business Operational View  Methodology and Overall Conceptual Models  Modeling methodology, patterns, process modeling  Business Content for Business Messages  Content, assembly and identification  Agreements  Business and technical contracts  Functional Service View  Service description  Syntax  Language, extensibility  Application Transport and Network  Transport, messaging, quality of service  Conformance and Interoperability  Test specifications, test suites, certification & accreditation processes

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 10 Capabilities Framework: Audience  eBusiness standards organizations and contributors  Industry eBusiness standards initiatives and contributors  eBusiness standards implementers  Users of eBusiness standards

Capabilities Framework: Example  Each functional area template includes: — Functional category, definition, examples and placeholder for organization committee or working group Standards Area DefinitionExamplesOrg Comte/ Working Groups SecurityThis protective layer spans a wide range of abstractions from basic encryption, authentication and authorization on the core XML layer to non-repudiation and security policies in the business process layer. SAML, WS- Security OASIS, IETF

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 12 Capabilities Framework: Functional Areas  Methodologies  Business Operational View  Business Content for Business Messages  Agreements  Functional Service View  Conformance and Interoperability  Framework expanded with input from SDOs and experts (refer to spreadsheet for details)spreadsheet

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 13 AIA Use of Capabilities Matrix for Adoption of eBusiness Standards Business requirements Business requirements Business Solutions Scenarios Solutions SMC Companies EEIC PSC eBSG EMC AIA eBusiness Implementation Guidebook Framework Components AIA eBusiness Interoperability Framework New Interoperability Requirements Track Boost Aero SAML STEP PLCS GECA XBRL RFID Monitor external development Participate in external development Adopt existing standard AIA development Candidate UDEF Clickable GTPA PM/E V M EEIC The eBSG approves candidate standards as part of the AIA framework X12 EDI GTPA Template Adopted Supplier UID eBSG

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 14 Model Representing Interoperable eBusiness Landscape of the Solution sets needed

Scenarios Process models Information content/components Classification schemes Component libraries Enterprise data and metadata Reference data Identifiers Process definition mechanisms Information definition mechanisms Representation options Transport options Networks Conformance and interoperability testing Consraints Contractual and regulatory Security Guidelines Registry/Repostory for Discovery, Presence, Availability Semantics - Terminology Service assembly Physical representation Data Assembly Service definition mechanisms n n is row number in eBSC matrix 9

Open Forum for Standards Developers June 20-21, 2006 Slide 16 eBusiness Capabilities, Standards and Standards Projects Matrix  eBSC matrix is a tool for: — structuring / illuminating eBusiness standards space — convergence in delivering needed standards — developing and executing coordinated strategies  Could be a catalyst and resource for SDOs strategic planning and industry roadmapping => eBGT  Prototyping starts in October 2007 — resources secured — 4-5 SDOs participating — first: collecting and posting; then “polling” and federated  Success will require commitment from participating SDOs