1. Interoperability and Negotiation via ABILITIES Bus – technical background of the business processes Dr. Karsten Tolle ABILITIES Workshop Budapest, Nov. 21th 2007

2. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 2 List of Participants

3. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 3 In this presentation: E-Business and Interoperability – What is it? Universal Business Language (UBL) – Why is it of interest? Negotiation – How can it be used in ABILITIES?

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5. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 5 Business Document Encoding Standards

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8. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 8 HTTP + HTML = Web Publishing = Web Commerce ebXML/WS + UBL

9. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 9 Picture from UBL 1.0 specification!

10. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 10 Some words on UBL … royalty-free International (localization incl. translation under development)‏ Set of XML Schema for reuse data components Set of XML Schema for business documents UBL schemas are modular, reusable, and extensible in XML-aware ways (customizable)‏ UBL 2.0 covers: Sourcing – Ordering – Invoice – Fulfillment Less complicated than EDI / EDIFACT! Memorandum of Understanding between OASIS and UN/CEFACT! April 2006

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12. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 12 ESB Negotiation Rules E.g.: –Booking more than 10 rooms at the same time results in a discount of 5%. –Ordering a volume greater than 5000€ gives a discount of 2%. –Payment by credit card gives an extra fee of 3%. Repositories Negotiation Rules Negotiation Engine ABILITIES Interoperability Bus XML format

13. University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November 2007 13 Thank you for your attention! Questions? Additional information: http://services.txt.it/abilities/project.html - Project Website http://www.viewzone.org/abilities/ - Portal describing and tracking project relevant standards Contact: tolle@dbis.cs.uni-frankfurt.de