1. ebXML vision
A global electronic market place where enterprises of any size, anywhere can:
Find each other electronically
Conduct business through the exchange of XML based messages
Using standard message structures
According to standard business process sequences
With clear business semantics
According to standard or mutually agreed trading partner agreements
Using off the shelf purchased business applications

2. ebXML high level architecture
Business Process and Information Models
Registration and Discovery
Design
Time
Specification
Models and Profiles
Partner Profiles and Agreements
Specification
Secure, Reliable Exchange
of XML documents over the internet
Runtime

3. BP and Info Modeling Architecture
Content
Patterns
Content
Methodology
Methodology
BP-modeling
Info-modeling
UML BP-metamodel
UML Info-metamodel
UML BP-model
UML Info-model
UML-XML Rules
Conversion to XML
Conversion to XML
UML-XML Rules
XML BP-DTD
XML Info-DTD
XML BP-doc
XML Info-doc
Registration
Legend:
Blue: Activity/Tool
Red: Data In/Out
Green: ebXML specification

4. Architecture of Business Process Metamodel
Business Operations Map
Process Category
Business Process
Business Requirements View
Agreement
Partner Types
Business Collaboration
Economic Event
Business Operational View
Request Message
Roles
Commercial Transaction
Response Message
Functional Service View
Network
Component
Request Signal(s)
ServiceTransaction
Response Signal(s)

5. Commercial Transaction Metamodel
Business Operational View
Commercial Transactions
RequestingBusiness
Activity
Business
Document
Pattern
Functional
Role
RespondingBusiness
Activity
Functional Service View
Requesting
ServiceTransaction
Business
Message
Pattern
Network
Component
Responding
ServiceTransaction
Business
Signal
Pattern

6. Business Operational View – Information Model and Content
Lexicon
Library
Role
Role
Core Processes
Business Processes
Business Document
Core Components
Business Objects

7. Content, Context and Re-use
Context based Content
Core Processes
Business Process
Context
Business Document
Content
Core Components
Business Objects
Context based Content

8. ProdId Part Number Ship’d Qty Serialized ID Change Lvl Container
Context
Ship Notice
Domain: Matl Mgmt
Industry: Auto
ProdId
Part Number
Ship’d Qty
Create Long Term Contract
Regulatory: Safety
Serialized ID
Change Lvl
Container
Forecast Component
Requirements
Send Planning Document
Supplier
Customer
Place Order
Ship Materials
Arrange Payment

9. UML and XML BP UML Same semantics BP XMI BP XML
Modeling tool
BP UML
Same semantics
BP XMI
XML tool
BP XML
Same sequencingexpression
XML tool
PP XML

10. <!ATTLIST CollaborationDef ID ID #REQUIRED Name CDATA #REQUIRED
<!ELEMENT CollaborationDef (Role|Role|(CommercialTransaction?|BusinessCollaborationProtocol?))>
<!ATTLIST CollaborationDef
ID ID #REQUIRED
Name CDATA #REQUIRED
url CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT Request EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Request
SenderRole IDREF #REQUIRED
ReceiverRole IDREF #REQUIRED
Document IDREF #REQUIRED
name CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT Response EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Response
<!ELEMENT Role EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Role
Name CDATA #REQUIRED>   
<!ELEMENT CommercialTransaction (Request,Response*,Tpa?)>
<!ATTLIST CommercialTransaction
ID ID #IMPLIED
isNonRepudiationRequired CDATA #REQUIRED
defaultTimetoPerform CDATA #REQUIRED
timetoAcknowledgeAcceptance CDATA #REQUIRED
isNonRepudiationOfReceiptRequired CDATA #REQUIRED>
   

11. Business Process and Information Model
Overall ebXML Architecture
Business
Process
Business
Documents
Business
Objects
Core
Components
Business Process and Information Model
Register/discover
Registry
Repository
Partner Profile
Partner Profile
Application
Application
Business
Service
Interface
Business
Service
Interface