1. 1 Andy Moir Director, Business Development Drake Certivo Supporting Interoperability Through Conformance & Testing Programs HR-XML Conference 10.21.2003

2. 2 Agenda  Introduction  B2B Realities  Conformance and Interoperability  Drake Certivo Experience  HR-XML  Success Factors for a Conformance & Interoperability Program

3. 3 B2B Realities  Two trading partners are using the same “standard,” but can’t interoperate.  Partner education & training absorbs key implementation resources  Downturn in economy means less resources to meet same objectives

4. 4 B2B Realities  Entry cost to support one or multiple B2B standards  Testing/implementation costs Time Resources Delay costs Parallel system costs  Difficulties in integration with legacy applications Gaps in standards Gaps in legacy systems

5. 5 Conformance and Interoperability  Conformance Does an application’s implementation of the specification conform to all specification requirements  Interoperability Can applications from various vendors whose products implement the standard(s) support the specification’s interchange of documents and data between applications

6. 6 Validating Conformance and Interoperability  Acord Global Insurance Standards www.acord.org/Services/certification.aspx Conformance Testing  EDIINT (AS2) Transport protocol for EDI over the internet Primary push has been from retail (Wal-Mart) Interoperability Testing sponsored by UCC  HIPAA (EDI) Healthcare www.claredi.com Conformance Testing

7. 7 Validating Conformance and Interoperability  HR-XML Human Resources www.hrcertify.org Conformance Testing (self-certification)  OASIS (ebXML) Cross-Industry www.oasis.org Interoperability Testing  Open Applications Group (OAGi) Automotive, Aerospace, Hi-Tech, etc. www.openapplicationsgroup.org Conformance Testing

8. 8 Validating Conformance & Interoperability  RosettaNet High-Tech www.rosettanet.org/ready www.rosettanet.org/interoperability Interoperability & Conformance Testing  Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Cross-Industry www.ws-i.org Conformance Testing (Self-Certification)

9. 9 Levels of Conformance Solution Conformance Levels  Transport  Syntax / form / structure  Content/payload  Process/scenario  Solution to solution interoperability

10. 10 Transport (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP) Payload Includes the information necessary to complete an interaction within a business process. HR-XML focuses on specifications for message payload, but aims to provide context and guidance to enable the entire exchange. Protocol (e.g. XP, SOAP) Framework (e.g. ebXML, BizTalk) Payload (e.g. JobPositionSeeker)

11. 11 Interoperability – A Definition  Interoperability... interoperability is the primary prerequisite for integration …in reality, interoperability cannot be insured by implementing standards alone. * *WS-I: Providing Tangible Business Benefits Through Web Services Interoperability, ZapThink

12. 12 Interoperability Challenges  Optionally and flexibility in standards  Variable and incompatible interpretations of standards  Insufficient understanding of the interactions among specifications  Industry specific data content issues

13. 13 Benefits of Interoperability  Enterprise Reduces effort, expense, and pain of integration Increases choice of vendors and solutions Reduces time-to-market for deployments and allows faster adoption Helps make technology transparent to end users Provides a forum for dialogue in raising critical implementation issues Ability to add incremental partners enables a company to scale beyond initial point to point connections Allows companies to focus on the business process improvements, not the connectivity or technology

14. 14 Benefits of Interoperability  Vendors Reduces cost and complexity for creating solutions Increases opportunity through increased market for compliant solutions Reduces time-to-market for solutions Increases credibility and visibility among customers and prospects due to proven support for established standards and reduces “vaporware” Enables vendors to identify and resolve bugs prior to general release of product to customers  Consortium Feedback from testing improves quality of specifications and resolves ambiguities Revenue source Consortium brand control and member awareness

15. 15 About Drake Certivo Drake Certivo provides products and services that accelerate eBusiness standards adoption and improve implementation effectiveness for the global supply chain. Drake Certivo Corporate Facts  Drake Certivo was founded in 2000 and is based in Newport Beach, California  http://www.certivo.nethttp://www.certivo.net

16. 16 About Drake Certivo  Partnerships / working relationships NIST OAGi OASIS RosettaNet UCC  Memberships RosettaNet, OASIS, UCC, OAGi, CompTIA/EIDX, AIAG, and others

17. 17 About Drake Certivo  Conformance  Interoperability  Testing Solutions  Professional Services  Education

18. 18 Testing Services

19. 19 Drake Certivo Experience  Solution Conformance Programs RosettaNet Ready™ www.rosettanet.org/readywww.rosettanet.org/ready OAGi Ready www.openapplications.org/readywww.openapplications.org/ready Other programs in development  Interoperability RosettaNet Interoperability Program www.rosettanet.org/interoperability www.rosettanet.org/interoperability Other programs in development  Implementation Testing for Supply Chain Jump Start Solution Suite (multi-standard support)  Professional Services  Education

20. 20 Badge denotes that a software solution has been tested and deemed compliant with RNIF v2.0. Badge denotes that a software solution has been tested and deemed compliant with one or several PIPs ®. Badge denotes that a software solution has been tested and deemed compliant with both the RNIF v2.0 and one (or several) PIPs. RosettaNet Ready ™ Program

21. 21 RosettaNet Ready ™ Program Badges to Date  eBizprise – RNIF 2.0  Gridnode – 4C1  Inovis – RNIF 2.0  Sterling Commerce – 5C1  webMethods – RNIF 2.0  More in process… 2003 Subscribers  CubicThink  eBizprise  Global eXchange Services  Hitatchi  Microsoft  Sterling Commerce  TIBCO Software  More in process…

22. 22 OAGi Ready Badges

23. 23 RosettaNet Interoperability Participants  Cyclone Commerce  Fujitsu Limited  GridNode  Global eXchange Services (GXS)  iSoft  Oracle  Sterling Commerce  TIBCO Software  Vitria  webMethods

24. 24 Implementation Testing Trading Partner Trading Hub Test Console Client JSS Test Harness Test Generator JSS Test Suite Define Requirements Run Test Scripts Develop Standards Live Testing End to End Testing JSS Hosted Test Services 1 2 3 4 5 24

25. 25 NIST-OAGi Test Bed Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) IV&I POC Team OAGi Certification Facility at Drake Certivo OAGi Architecture Team IV&I Test Team Sets goals & objectives Manages schedule Monitors test results Test architecture and framework development Formalize test requirements and test cases Works w/Solution Providers to establish test plan’ Provides B2B testing/monitoring support Participates in POC testing Harvests experience to validate DC tools/procedures for conformance testing Runs OAGIS Testing and Certification Process Monitors POC testing Maintains architectural consistency w/OAGIS Consults w/Vendors as needed Puts BODs through OAGI release process OAGi/NIST B2B TestBed Liaison to IV&I POC Team Reports results and lessons learned to IV&I POC Team Coordinating test activities

26. 26 Transport (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP) Payload Includes the information necessary to complete an interaction within a business process. HR-XML focuses on specifications for message payload, but aims to provide context and guidance to enable the entire exchange. Protocol (e.g. XP, SOAP) Framework (e.g. ebXML, BizTalk) Payload (e.g. JobPositionSeeker)

27. 27 Compliance: Lessons Learned  Strong industry support is required  Standards organization should query members (supply chain and solution providers) to understand the implementation pain points  Solution providers should be involved in defining the process  Program must be driven by supply chain  Supply chain members must demand certification in requests for pricing (RFP)

28. 28 Formula for a Successful Program  Determine what to test/certify  Identify program goals  Enlist supply chain support  Obtain Solution Providers’ buy-in early in program  Create Program Team  Documentation  Marketing  Sales  Technology  Structured Feedback into specification

29. 29 Thank you To contact Drake Certivo: www.certivo.net Andy Moir Director, Business Development amoir@certivo.net 412-492-8705

30. 30 BACKUP SLIDES

31. 31 Market Trend – EDI to XML  Intel readies EDI Retirement Santa Clara, Calif.--Intel said it will replace EDI with RosettaNet standards by 2006, making it the first company to publicly commit to retiring electronic data interchange. The chip maker also said it has reached a RosettaNet milestone: By year-end, Intel will be swapping data in RosettaNet's XML formats over the Internet with 50 trading partners. Intel could save as much as 2 percent of revenue, or roughly $564 million, annually by tuning its supply chain with Internet technology, estimated Vernon Keenan, founder of analyst firm Keenan Vision. That includes the move away from EDI. http://www.internetweek.com/story/INW20011217S0001 Source: INTERNETWEEK.com, December 2001  Dell to migrate 100% of suppliers to RosettaNet standard

32. 32 Publishing the specification is not enough... Successful standards have recognized the need for a variety of conformance and interoperability testing programs to help drive adoption:  Partner to partner  Self test options  Web service (hosted by standards body)  Third party hosted

33. 33 Why test conformance

34. 34 RosettaNet Ready ™ Program  Program Overview Primarily aimed at software solution providers Badge vendor compliance to RNIF 2.0 and/or PIP® Badge specific to major software version release Volume badging available with annual subscription pricing Program supported by all three RosettaNet Supply Chain Boards (November 2002 Letter to Solution Providers) www.rosettanet.org/ready

35. 35 RosettaNet Interoperability Program  Program administered by Drake Certivo, an independent third party, on behalf of RosettaNet Consortium  Test Results: www.rosettanet.org/interoperabilitywww.rosettanet.org/interoperability