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Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS: Achieving XML Interoperability in the Public SectorUS Federal CIO Council

XML Working Group

May 15, 2002 Patrick Gannon

President & CEO, OASIS


Agenda

• Role of Standards

• OASIS in Government Initiatives

• OASIS Summary


Patrick J. Gannon• OASIS – C.E.O., President, Board Director

• UNECE – Chair, Team of Specialists for Internet Enterprise Development (2000-2002)

• BEA Systems – Sr. VP Strategic Marketing

• Netfish Technologies – VP Industry Standards

• Open Buying on the Internet (OBI) – Exec. Dir.

• RosettaNet – Sr. Project Leader (1998)

• CommerceNet – VP Strategic Programs– XML eCommerce Evangelist (1997-99)– Interoperable Catalog WG (1995-1998)


Role of Standards


Government’s Role in Standards

• Major userPurchasing power

• Major developer Expertise (through NIST)

• Major driverAuthority to strongly influence standards development


To Drive Standards Effectively, Government Needs to...

1. Interface with private industry

2. Interface with Voluntary Standards Development Organizations (VSDO)

3. Endorse standards developed through open process with market adoption


OASIS Delivers Both

• VSDO with a track record of creating widely adopted standards

• Open technical process that produces standards developed by and for major suppliers and users


OASIS Standards: Open and Adopted

Mar

ket A

dopt

ion

Open Standardization

Traction

SanctionProprietary JCV Consortia SDO

SGMLISO

XMLW3C

SOAP v1.1 SOAP v1.2W3C

UDDI v2UDDI.org

WSDL WGW3C

eb MS v2OASIS

eb Reg v2OASIS

WSDL v1.1

Standards:


Standards: SDO Path

Mar

ket A

dopt

ion


Traction



Standards: Proprietary Path

Mar

ket A

dopt

ion


Traction



Standards: OASIS Path

Mar

ket A

dopt

ion


Traction



E-Business Web Services

The Global Standard for Electronic Business


Types of Web Services

• Simple– No side effects

– Non-transactional

– Context free

– Sessionless, no roles

– Minimal security

– Call-response model

– Point-to-point

– Not developmentally scalable

• Complex, e-Business– Impacts other steps

– Transactional

– Context sensitive conversions, ordering of steps

– Session based, personalized

– Exactly once semantics

– Sophisticated security

– Messaging based

– Scalable


How does this relate to ebXML?

• Exchanges, e-markets, supply chains, etc. need combinations of web services– Auction, pricing, tax computation, customs,

RFP, RFQ, order management, content management

– No two exchanges will use the same combination of services and service packages

– Custom combinations require a framework approach

• ebXML provides the framework and many pieces


Web Services

• Step 1: Description – WSDL – ebXML CPP Spec and ebXML Business Process Spec

• Step 2: Publication and Discovery– UDDI– ebXML Registry Spec

• Step 3: Invocation – SOAP over HTTP– ebXML Messaging Spec integrating SOAP, HTTP


ebXML Messaging Spec and SOAP

• ebXML uses SOAP with Attachments, wrapping XML SOAP format in MIME envelopes

• MIME envelopes allow SOAP/ebXML messages to include non-XML content such as digitized images or programming code as attachments

The eCo Architecture Specification - Registries CommerceNet eCo Framework WG 1998


ebXML

The Global Standard for Electronic Business


ebXML Provides a Standard Way to:

• Exchange business messages• Conduct trading relationships• Communicate data in common terms • Define and register business

processes


ebXML History

• Begun as 18-month initiative in November 1999

• Specifications delivered on schedule in May 2001

• Developed in an open process by more than 4500 participants representing 2000 organizations in 150 countries on virtually every continent


What does ebXML do?

• Lowers the cost/complexity of electronic business

• Facilitates global trade and puts SMEs and developing nations in the picture

• Expands electronic business to new and existing trading partners

• Converges current and emerging XML efforts

• Eliminates dependence by supporting any language, any payload, any transport


Main ebXML concepts• Business Processes – Defined as models, Expressed

in XML

• Business Messages – Expressed in XML

• Trading Partner Agreement – Specifies parameters for businesses to interface with each other – Expressed in XML

• Business Service Interface – Implements Trading Partner Agreement – Expressed in XML

• Transport and Routing Layer – Moves the actual XML data between trading partners

• Registry/Repository - Provides a “container” for process models, vocabularies, and partner profiles.


• United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

• Developers of EDIFACT

• One of four organizations in the world that can set de jure standards

• World’s largest independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the standardization of XML applications

• More than 200 member companies plus individuals


Sponsored by UN/CEFACT

• United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

• Sets worldwide policy and technical development in trade facilitation and electronic business

• Developed international EDI standard, UN/EDIFACT– one of only four international bodies able to set de

jure standards– plans to officially accredit ebXML on completion

• Continuing Business Process work under eBTWG


Sponsored by OASIS• World’s largest independent, non-profit

organization dedicated to the standardization of XML applications

• More than 500 members• Operates XML.ORG Registry, the open

community clearinghouse of XML application schemas

• Technical work on XML interoperability includes XML conformance and XML Registries/Repositories

• General XML technical resource


““ebXML is our only chance this ebXML is our only chance this decade to establish an decade to establish an international e-commerce international e-commerce standard.”standard.”


““ebXML provides a platform on ebXML provides a platform on which to build standards ... that are which to build standards ... that are developed faster and yet supported developed faster and yet supported by a rich set of software tools.”by a rich set of software tools.”


““It is clear that ebXML will soon become the It is clear that ebXML will soon become the standard for all global trade. By implementing standard for all global trade. By implementing ebXML, GCI takes advantage of the excellent ebXML, GCI takes advantage of the excellent work that’s being accomplished to streamline work that’s being accomplished to streamline many EDI processes and remove waste and many EDI processes and remove waste and redundancy from supply chains.”redundancy from supply chains.”


Industry Groups Support ebXML

The Open Healthcare Group


OASIS Members Support ebXML


ebXML Architecture

Package

Retrieval of Profiles & new or updated ebXML Models

TransportBiz ServiceInterface

Biz ServiceInterface

Internal Bus AppShrinkwrap

App

Repository

Implementers

Business Process and Information Models

Build

Registration

TPA

UML to XML conversion

Build

Retrieval of New or Updated ebXML Models

ebXML Transport

Retrieval of ebXML Specifications & Models


Continuing ebXML Work

• Specifications completed May 2001; available at www.ebxml.org

• Infrastructure work continuing at OASIS– Messaging– Collaborative Partner– Interoperability, Implementation, Conformance– Registry & Repository

• Content-related work continuing at UN/CEFACT– Business Process– Core Components


European CommissionBrussels, Belgium


Information Society Directorate General

• By 2003– Europe’s online population will exceed USA– Companies connected to the web will equal

80% of European GDP• Joint Research Center

– Online Dispute Resolution using XML (ODRxml)


Enterprise Directorate General

• Automotive Repair and Emissions Information Project– EU-wide framework for the provision of

emission-related service information to the repair and other interested markets

• OASIS Technical Committee– CSW Group to manage the project– Participating Trade Associations

• Resulting specification offered to ISO


United StatesFederal GovernmentWashington, DC


Federal CIO Council

• Architecture & Infrastructure Committee

• XML Working Group– Monthly Workshops on Technology Trends

• Registry / Repository Team– Built by NIST– Uses ebXML Registry v1.1 Specification


U.S. E-Gov Initiatives• Internal Effectiveness & Efficiency

– E-Training– Recruitment One Stop– Enterprise HR Integration– Integrated Acquisition– E-Records Management– Enterprise Case Management

• Government-to-Citizen– USA Service– EZ Tax Filing– Online Access for Loans– Recreation One Stop– Eligibility Assistance Online


U.S. E-Gov Initiatives

• Government-to-Business– Federal Asset Sales– Online Rulemaking Management– Simplified & Unified Tax & Wage Reporting– Consolidated Health Informatics– Business Compliance One Stop– International Trade Process Streamlining

• Government-to- Government– E-Vital– E-Grants– Disaster Assistance & Crisis Response– Geospatial Information One Stop– Wireless Networks


Government Accounting Office• “Electronic Government – Challenges

to Effective Adoption of the Extensible Markup Language”

• 5 April 2002 – Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate (Hon. Joseph Lieberman)

• Authored by David McClure, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, and staff

• Reviewed by many other departments– Fed CIOs, OMB, GSA, NIST, NASA, NARA


GAO XML Report• Reviewed status of XML & Federal

Govt. implementation challenges

• Recommendations to the OMB to enhance planning for adoption of XML– Need govt.-wide XML strategy

– Consolidate govt. needs for SDOs

– Establish registry of govt. data items

– Implement XML through enterprise architectures

• http://www.gao.gov


LegalXMLAn OASIS Member Section

OASIS


LegalXML• Organized in November 1998

– Joined OASIS in March 2002

• Mission– To develop open, non-proprietary technical

standards for legal “content” as it appears in court filings, contracts, transcripts, and other legal documents of all kinds.

• Participants in LegalXML include – Lawyers– Government agencies – Members of academia– Internet software developers – Application vendors


LegalXML• 1 New Technical Committee

– Court Filings

• 2 New Discussion Lists Started– E-Contracts– Transcripts

• Other TCs To Transition– Court Documents– Legal Citations– Criminal Justice– Legislation– Intelligence Systems

• http://www.legalxml.org


Election & Voter Services Technical Committee

Overview & Progress

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/election

OASIS


History

• Formed March 2001– election.com, Accenture, Microsoft

• Inaugural Meeting May 2001

• Chair: Anwar Choudhury,

UK Office of E-Envoy

• Monthly meetings to date– Teleconference and face-to-face


Deliverables

Election Markup Language (EML) Data interchange standards Defined as XML schemas

Facilitate all aspects of election and voter services, public and private

Sanctioned through OASIS


Interchange Standards

• Need for information to be exchanged at several points in the election process

• Several parties involved

• Need to service dissimilar systems and equipment

• Open process


Targeted Services Pre election

Election

Candidates

Voters

Election Voting

Post election Results

Audit

Analysis


Committee Membership

• Governments– UK, Italy, France, Australia, NZ, European

Parliament• Corporations• Election service providers• Open source groups• Media• Election reform and watchdog groups


Milestones and Deliverables

• Project plan completed Autumn 2001• EML version 1 - April 2002

– Voting Process Document – XML schemas– Scenarios

• Testing/validation - on going• OASIS Standard - End 2002?• Future - maintenance/enhancements


Controlled Trade Markup LanguageTechnical Committee

Overview

OASIS


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


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.


Convergence Activities

OASIS


Orgs Move Specs to OASIS• ADpr Initiative

• AuthXML.Org

• ITML.Org

• LegalXML.org

• S2ML.Org

• TopicMaps.Org

• WSUI.Org

• XRPM Working Group


Vendors Migrate Specs to OASIS

• WSXL from IBM WSCM TC

• XOCP from BEA Systems BTP TC

• xCBL from Commerce One UBL TC

• ITML from Jamcracker PSML TC

• CRML from MSI Business Sol. CIQ TC


Convergence Happens at OASIS

• AuthXML and S2ML SAML

• TREX and RELAX RELAX NG

• WSUI and WSXL WSCM

• XRPM, ADpr, ITML PSML


OASISOASIS

One Membership – Many OpportunitiesOne Membership – Many Opportunities


OASIS provides a framework for XML interoperability that is

critical to the future success of electronic business.

OASIS puts the control of XML specifications firmly in the hands of

those who will use them.

Jon Bosak, Sun MicrosystemsChair, OASIS Universal Business Language

Organizer of the Working Group that Created XML

”“


Mission

OASIS drives the development,

convergence & adoption

of e-business standards.


Overview• OASIS is a member consortium dedicated to

building systems interoperability specifications• We focus on industry applications of structured

information standards, such as XML, SGML, & CGM.

• Members of OASIS are providers, users and specialists of standards-based technologies & include organizations, individuals & industry groups. – ~200 organizational members, ~250 individual

members

• International, Not-for-profit, Open, Independent• Successful through industry-wide collaboration


Board of Directors

• Colin Evans, Intel Corporation

• Patrick J. Gannon, OASIS

• Jim Hughes, Hewlett Packard

• Una Kearns, Documentum

• Christopher Kurt, Microsoft

• Norbert H. Mikula, Intel Corporation

• Simon Nicholson, Sun Microsystems

• Michael Weiner, IBM Corporation


OASIS standards process

• Standards are created under an open, democratic, vendor-neutral process– Any interested parties may participate, comment– No one organization can dictate the standard– Ensures that standards meet everyone’s needs,

not just largest players’

• Open to all interested parties• All discussion open to public comment• One organization/One vote• Resulting work is guaranteed to be

representative of the industry as a whole, not just any one vendor’s view


What OASIS Offers Industry

• Time to Market: don’t waste your time and effort setting up– Committee process– Infrastructure (web site, mail lists)– IPR policy– Copyright protection– Program Management– Marketing/Promotion– Anti-trust

• Use your technical expertise on technical work, not on setting up administrative overhead


What OASIS Offers Its Members

• Opportunity to pursue technical work in a neutral environment– Buy-in and support from other

developing and implementing organizations

• Opportunity to set the technical agenda of a recognized industry standards organization– OASIS member-driven technical process


US and Local Agencies Participating in OASIS• NIST

• DISA

• GSA

• DoN

• DoJ

• DoS

• Federal Reserve

• LA County ISAB

• Maricopa County

• Orange County Superior Court

• Missouri OSCA


International Agencies

• Tradegate ECA (Australia)• Bankers Assoc of ROC• NII Enterprise Promotion Agency (Taiwan)• University of Hong Kong• Korea ECIF• European Parliament• UK Office of e-Envoy• UK Ministry of Defence Technical Information• Centro Tecnico per la Rete Unitaria


Technical Committee Activities

OASIS


Current Technical Committees• Access Control

(XACML)• Business Transaction

Protocol (BTP)• Conformance• Controlled Trade ML• Customer Information

(CIQ)• Directory Services

(DSML)• DocBook• ebXML CPPA• ebXML IIC• ebXML Messaging• ebXML Registry• Election Services• Entity Resolution• Human Markup

• Provisioning Services• RELAX NG• Rights Language• Security Services• Topic Maps Published

Subj.• Topic Maps (Geo & Lang)• Universal Business Lang.• Vocabulary for XML

Stds.• Web Services Interactive

Applications• Web Services Remote

Portal• XML Common Biometric• XML Localization

Interchange• XSLT Conformance• CGM Open (member

section)• LegalXML (member

section)


OASIS Technical Committees – e-Commerce• ebXML Messaging Services

• ebXML Registry

• ebXML CPPA

• ebXML Implementation and Conformance

• Access Control (XACML)

• Security Services (SAML)

• Business Transactions (BTP)

• Universal Business Language (UBL)


OASIS Technical Committees – Security• Access Control (XACML)

• Security Services (SAML)

• Provisioning Services

• Common Biometric Format (XCBF)

• Rights Language


OASIS Technical Committees – Web Services• Provisioning Services

• Web Services Interactive Applications

• Web Services Remote Portal

• + eCommerce TCs

• + Security TCs


OASIS Technical Committees – Public Sector - Industry

• Election & Voter Services

• Controlled Trade Markup Language

• LegalXML– Court Filings– E-Contracts– Transcripts – Court Documents– Legal Citations– Criminal Justice– Legislation– Intelligence Systems


OASIS


XML.org

• Central clearinghouse for accessing XML schemas, vocabularies and related documents

• Self-supporting, non-commercial resource created by and for the community at large

• Foster collaboration within and between industries


XML.org


The XML Cover Pages

• The authoritative resource for XML info– News

– Press Releases

– Product Information

– Specifications

– Whitepapers

• http://xml.coverpages.org/


The XML Cover Pages


Technical Committee Details

• Most current status of each TC available at http://oasis-open.org/committees/committees.shtml

• TC mail list archives available at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/

http://oasis-open.org/committees/committees.shtml

http://oasis-open.org/committees/committees.shtml

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/


OASIS Value

• Nine years demonstrated success

• Neutral and independent

• Technical and procedural competence

• Worldwide visibility and outreach

• Close coordination with peer standards organizations on a global level


For more information...

• www.oasis-open.org

• xml.coverpages.org/

• www.xml.org

Patrick Gannon

President & CEO

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