1. Electronic Commerce Standards Bob Onesto onestr@interware-ics.com Bill Hazard hazarb@interware-ics.com

2. Standards Environment There are a significant number of standards initiatives in process - many are overlapping No one standard stands out as a leader Major players are participating in multiple standards efforts The process is S L O W while technology is moving F A S T...

3. Objective of Standards Organizations Create an open, vendor-neutral, scaleable and secure standard for conducting electronic purchasing over the internet –lower purchasing, accounts payable, and order processing costs –improve end-user satisfaction and channel more indirect purchases towards contracted suppliers –for selling organizations - a key new channel for selling goods and services

4. Commerce Landscape Requisitioner Selling Organization Buying Organization Payment Authority Open Buying on the Internet Reference Model OBI Technical Specifications, Version 1.1, OBI Consortium, June 1998.

5. Commerce Landscape Requisitioner Distribution Organization Buying Organization Payment Authority Production Organization BuyerSellers

6. Commerce Model Browse Catalog Browse Catalog Request Items Request Items Approval Fill Order Fill Order Receive Items Receive Items Pay Search View items Check price Check availability Select Items Commit to purchase Authorize purchase Verify payment method Confirm order Status Ship Check status Verify receipt EFT Purchase card Credit card Check EDI Bulk invoice Catalogs User Profiles Legacy IT Orders

7. Server NT vs. UNIX vs. Iron Web Servers CGI, Servlets DBMS: Oracle ODBC / JDBC CORBA Desktop Windows 9x IE or NS 3.x or better HTML, XML, Java, Wallets Networking / Connectivity HTTP, SHTTP FTP SSL IIOP (CORBA) Standards by Purpose Security SSL, SHTTP, SHTML SET, FIPS 46-2, X.509, FIPS 180-1 RSA Cryptosystem Information Exchange EDIFACT ANSI ASC X12 XML, XSL, DTD OBI, OTP CORBA IDL Content HTML, SHTML XML, XSL, DTD MIME, S/MIME JPEG, GIF, CG4, AVI, MPEG, QuickTime

8. Server NT vs. UNIX vs. Iron Web Servers CGI, Servlets DBMS: Oracle ODBC / JDBC CORBA Desktop Windows 9x IE or NS 3.x or better HTML, XML, Java, Wallets Networking / Connectivity HTTP, SHTTP FTP SSL IIOP (CORBA) Standards by Purpose Security SSL, SHTTP, SHTML SET, FIPS 46-2, X.509, FIPS 180-1 RSA Cryptosystem Information Exchange EDIFACT ANSI ASC X12 XML, XSL, DTD OBI, OTP CORBA IDL Content HTML, SHTML XML, XSL, DTD MIME, S/MIME JPEG, GIF, CG4, AVI, MPEG, QuickTime

9. Information Exchange EDIFACT ANSI ASC X12 ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) XML, XSL, DTD OBI (Open Buying on the Internet) OTP (Open Trading Protocol) CORBA IDL

10. Standards Organizations W3C: http://www.w3c.org OBI: http://www.supplyworks.com/obi www.edigroup.com www.ecresources.com www.xmledi.net OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems): http://www.oasis-open.org

11. Standards Organizations (cont.) disa ASN.1 Homepage: http://www.inria.fr/rodeo/personnel/hoschka/asn1.html IETF: www.ietf.org OMG Home: http://www.omg.org SET: http://www.setco.org SET Central / RSA: http://www.rsa.com/set

12. Summary The general E-Commerce standards environment is fragmented with no apparent globally accepted formula. Technology is moving much faster than the standards processes. In general, industry won’t wait for a ubiquitous standard to surface.

13. Electronic Commerce Standards Bob Onesto - onestr@interware-ics.com Bill Hazard - hazarb@interware-ics.com (800)847-5564 Additional Standards Information: www.interware-ics.com/ecom (to be posted 11/9/98)