The official technical reports and white papers to accompany the ebXML standard from OASIS and the United Nations. These reports are the companion volume to ebXML: The Technical Specifications, the official ebSML 1.0 standard. ebXML will be at the heart of tomorrow's most important electronic business and business-to-business--systems--streamlining trading relationships, simplifying cross-enterprise communications, and making it possible to extend any business process across any supply or demand chain.

Table of Contents:
Preface. Introduction. I. EBXML: TECHNICAL REPORTS. 1. BUSINESS PROCESS AND BUSINESS INFORMATION ANALYSIS OVERVIEW V 1.0. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Business Process Analysis Participants. Introduction. Goal and Objectives. Business Collaboration Overview. Business Process and Information Modeling. The Analysis Process. Relationship Between Business Process and Core Components. Analysis Aids: Worksheets and Tools. References. Disclaimer. Contact Information. Appendix A. Context Category—Meta Model Cross-reference. 2. Business Process Analysis Worksheets and Guidelines v 1.0. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Design Objectives. Worksheet Based Analysis Overview. Business Process Identification and Discovery. Business Process Elaboration. Economic Elements. Business Collaboration. Business Transactions and Authorized Roles. Business Information Description. Appendix A. Business Process Identifier Naming Scheme. Appendix B. The Porter Value Chain. Appendix C. Drop Ship Scenario Example. Appendix D. Disclaimer. Appendix E. Contact Information. 3. E-Commerce Patterns v 1.0. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Design Objectives. Contract Formation in ebXML. Simple Automated Contract Negotiation in ebXML. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 4. Catalog of Common Business Processes v 1.0. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Design Objective. Business Process Catalog Use Cases. The Common Business Process Catalog Overview. Catalog of Business Processes. References. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 5. Core Component Overview v 1.05. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Background. Overview. Conceptual Picture of Core Components. Relationship Between Core Component Papers. Executive Summary of Core Component Papers. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 6. Core Component Discovery and Analysis v 1.04. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Design Objectives. Discovery and Analysis. Disclaimer. Contact Information. Appendix A. Discovery example—death registry. Appendix B. Discovery example—manufacturing business process. 7. Context and Re-Usability of Core Components v 1.04. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Using Context Descriptors. The Application of Context to Business Problems. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 8. Guide to the Core Components Dictionary v 1.04. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Design Objectives. Dictionary Overview. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 9. Naming Convention for Core Components v 1.04. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Basic Information Entities—Data Element Level. List of Representation Types. Naming of Aggregate Information Entities. Rules for Components' Definitions. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 10. Document Assembly and Context Rules v 1.04. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Document Assembly. Context Rules. XML-Based Rules Model. Rule Ordering. Semantic Interoperability Document. Output Constraints. References. Disclaimer. Contact Information. Appendix A. Examples. 11. Catalogue of Context Drivers v 1.04. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Context Classifications. Registry Support for Taxonomies. Context-controlled Core Component Metamodel. Disclaimer. Contact Information. 12. CORE COMPONENT DICTIONARY . 1.04. Status of this Document. Category Type: CCT. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Basic. Category Type: Aggregate. 13. CORE COMPONENTS STRUCTURE V 1.04. Core Components Structure. 14. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE RISK ASSESSMENT V 1.0. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Executive Overview. Introduction. Design Objectives. ebXML Risks. ebXML Security Overview. ebXML Business Process Specification Layer. Trading Partner Information. Registry and Repository. Messaging Service Functionality. Conformance. Future Requirements. Additional Requirements and Recommendations. References. Disclaimer. Contact Information. Appendix A. Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) ebXML Use Case. Appendix B. Packaging Profiles. Appendix C. Sample Certificate Policy Element. Appendix D. Registry Sample. II. EBXML: WHITE PAPERS. 15. PROPOSED REVISIONS TO EBXML TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE SPECIFICATION v1.04. Status of this Document. Business Process and Information Analysis Methodology and Meta-model. Changes to TA Section 8.2. 16. USING UDDI TO FIND EBXML REGISTRY/REPOSITORY. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Introduction. Registering a Reg/Rep in UDDI. Finding a Reg/Rep Using UDDI. Ongoing Considerations. 17. REGISTRY SECURITY PROPOSAL. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. Abstract. Business Problem(s). Requirements. ebXML Registry Security. Issues and Ideas. Appendix A. GLOSSARY V1.0. Table of Contents. Status of this Document. ebXML Participants. ebXML Group and Specification/Document Names. Glossary.