1. Copyright OASIS, 2002 OASIS: Public & Private Sector Initiatives UNECE International Trade Facilitation Conference Trade Facilitation for Transition Economies May 31, 2002 Patrick Gannon President & CEO, OASIS

2. Copyright OASIS, 2002 Controlled Trade Markup Language Technical Committee Overview OASIS

3. Copyright OASIS, 2002 History Formed May 2002 – US State Dept., UK e-Envoy Sponsor: US State Department Chair: Todd Harbour, FGM First meeting: June 21, 2002 – Teleconference and face-to-face

4. Copyright OASIS, 2002 Goals - Controlled Trade ML TC  Develop a unified controlled trade vocabulary that supports an international collection of business documents  Trade Applications  Cases  Export Licenses  Delivery Verification Certificates  etc.

5. Copyright OASIS, 2002 E-Government Business Repository Overview OASIS

6. eGovernment Business Repository - Background Transition economy region’s quality of technology infrastructure necessary to support e-business transactions is still under development Most transition economy governments have centralized databases of registered businesses E-Business requires trusted sources of business data, usually available from government agencies Sustainability of business repositories requires access to officially maintained sources of data

7. eGovernment Business Repository - Implementation Benefits E-Gov Business Repository provides single, trusted resource for basic information on every registered business within a governmental region Through eBusiness Registry interfaces, company info can be shared inter-operably with other organizations: – Other governmental repositories – Chambers of Commerce – Trade Associations – E-Marketplaces Business repositories provide a foundation for rapid adoption of electronic business including e-services

8. E-Government Business Repository Internet ebXML Repository Service Adapter XML Government Mandated Business Registrar Company A Company B E-Gov. Core Business Data Trade Associations XML ebXML E-Marketplaces XML ebXML Federal / Regional Chamber of Commerce XML ebXML UDDI Registry XML Public Data Federal Chamber of Commerce Chamber Business Data Added Business Data (ebXML CPP)

9. Copyright OASIS, 2002 OASIS One Membership – Many Opportunities

10. Copyright OASIS, 2002 For more information... www.oasis-open.org xml.coverpages.org/ www.xml.org Patrick Gannon President & CEO patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x201 (office) +1.408.242.1018 (mobile)