Interoperability and Negotiation via ABILITIES Bus – technical background of the business processes Dr. Karsten Tolle ABILITIES Workshop Budapest, Nov. 21th 2007
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November List of Participants
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November In this presentation: E-Business and Interoperability – What is it? Universal Business Language (UBL) – Why is it of interest? Negotiation – How can it be used in ABILITIES?
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November Business Document Encoding Standards
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November HTTP + HTML = Web Publishing = Web Commerce ebXML/WS + UBL
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November Picture from UBL 1.0 specification!
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November Some words on UBL … royalty-free International (localization incl. translation under development) Set of XML Schema for reuse data components Set of XML Schema for business documents UBL schemas are modular, reusable, and extensible in XML-aware ways (customizable) UBL 2.0 covers: Sourcing – Ordering – Invoice – Fulfillment Less complicated than EDI / EDIFACT! Memorandum of Understanding between OASIS and UN/CEFACT! April 2006
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November ESB Negotiation Rules E.g.: –Booking more than 10 rooms at the same time results in a discount of 5%. –Ordering a volume greater than 5000€ gives a discount of 2%. –Payment by credit card gives an extra fee of 3%. Repositories Negotiation Rules Negotiation Engine ABILITIES Interoperability Bus XML format
University of Frankfurt / ABILITIES Consortium 2007 Budapest, 21 November Thank you for your attention! Questions? Additional information: - Project Website - Portal describing and tracking project relevant standards Contact: