Implementing XML in E-Business

Chpter 20

Implementing XML in E-Business

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is the Supply Chain?

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

• E-Business and the Internet-Enabled Supply Chain

• Different Types of B2B Interaction

• Components of E-Business XML Systems

• Enterprise Integration

• CommerceNet eCo Framework

• XML/EDI

          ebXML

          RosettaNet

As you have seen from previous chapters in this book, XML can be applied in many ways to solve a variety of problems. However, some of the most important problems that XML is being applied to today are to solve critical business communication issues. Many attempts in the past, such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), have only had limited success in attempting to electronically connect the different parts of a business organiza-tion. XML plans to change this track record by introducing business-specific functional-ity aimed squarely at solving the business needs of all industries and all firms, large and small alike.

Yet there are many parts to the business equation. Enabling business collaboration and communication is a complex endeavor with many lessons to be learned from past experi-ences. As a result, successful implementations of e-business technologies and specifica-tions require proper application of experience learned from past e-business endeavors in order to create stronger, more robust trading capabilities.

This chapter of the book explores these concepts and, in particular, helps you to learn

   What the “supply chain” is

   What exactly “e-Business” is

   What the various components of XML-based e-business standards and technologies are

   What has been attempted with EDI

   About the CommerceNet model for e-business communication

   About the XML/EDI hybrid approach

   About the ebXML approach

   About the RosettaNet approach