The ebXML sample demonstrates how two trading partners can exchange business messages using the ebXML business protocol. The ebXML sample application is provided in the SAMPLES_HOME\integration\samples\ebxml directory, where SAMPLES_HOME represents the WebLogic Platform samples directory.

OASIS and UN/CEFACT will cosponsor ebXML Showcase, a special two-day event at XML Europe 2003, 5-6 May 2003 in London.

We are writing to you on behalf of UN/CEFACT, the United Nations body whose mandate covers worldwide policy and technical development in the area of trade facilitation and electronic business. To facilitate global business exchanges and to make them a reality for all users, we strongly support the development and implementation of open, interoperable, international standards and specifications. More information on UN/CEFACT can be found on our Web site www.unece.org /cefact.

HCCO announces that Drummond Group Inc. is performing interoperability testing for ebXML MS version 2.0 from Sept 15 – Nov 7, 2003. This ebXML Interoperability test is sponsored by HCCO and UCC.

Members of the OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee have completed a revised Registry Services Specification which "defines the interface to the ebXML Registry Services as well as interaction protocols, message definitions and XML schema." Appendix B of the version 1.01 specification supplies the ebXML Registry DTD Definition; Appendix A entitled "Web Service Architecture" provides a WSDL Terminology Primer, Registry Service Abstract Specification, and Registry Service SOAP Binding.

Asian countries are gearing themselves up for the adoption of ebXML. In the fifth ebXML Asia Committee Meeting, held from 18th - 19th April [2002] in Chinese Taipei, the representatives from Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka (UNCTAD) and Thailand congregated to work on the measure for ebXML promotion and implementation in Asia.

All WebLogic Workshop controls follow a consistent model. Many aspects of using ebXML controls are identical or similar to using other WebLogic Workshop controls. To learn about WebLogic Workshop controls, see Using Built-In Java Controls.

At issue is a Web standard called Electronic Business XML, or ebXML, which allows companies in many industries to communicate over the Web. It was a standard created by a United Nations organization and by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, or OASIS, a consortium of tech companies that includes IBM, Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems and Hewlett-Packard.

An e-mail recently graced my inbox that caused me to ponder these questions. For you to understand why I had this reaction, some background may be in order, especially if you're not familiar with this little corner of the arcane world of standards.

The ebXML project received a boost recently as Sun released a J2EE-based implementation of the ebXML Registry/Repository, and the Open Applications Group Inc. announced the incorporation of ebXML into their canon of business transaction standards.

The OASIS interoperability group Monday has finally ratified the ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement (CPPA) v2.0 as an OASIS Open Standard, making the protocol law in the consortium.

In the WebLogic Integration environment, you use the B2B Console to configure your system to support the exchange of ebXML business messages between trading partners, and to design and manage ebXML business processes using workflows.

The ebXML protocol (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language) is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet. It is sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS. To learn about ebXML, see http://www.ebXML.org.

Until recently, Web services applications were mainly concerned with simple use cases, such as the "stock quote," which were typically built using the three core Web services specifications: SOAP,1 Web Services Description Language (WSDL),2 and universal description, discovery, and integration (UDDI; www.uddi.org).

This topic describes how to create a new ebXML control. Each ebXML control instance represents a single ebXML conversation. For each separate ebXML conversation in a business process, you must add a separate ebXML control instance. To learn about ebXML controls, see ebXML Control.

I am now officially old enough to witness technology recycle itself. The first two years of my career were spent as a business analyst for an EDI standards committee for the railroad industry. The railroads never got enough participation from each other and progress was slow. However, exchanging EDI messages to track a customer shipment would have added business value. Rather than a customer having to phone every railway to track his shipment, he could receive EDI messages informing him of his shipment’s location throughout the trip plan.

OASIS Thursday said it has put the finishing touches on the ebXML Messaging Service Specification version 2.0 as the newest addition to the Boston-based e-business standard group's family.

The Open ebXML Project have released tools supporting document generation for ebXML Business Process Analysis worksheets, and Finetix have released an open source tool for processing FpML, the financial products markup language.

The United Nations CEFACT and OASIS today announced that the core technical infrastructure of ebXML, the Electronic Business XML Initiative, nears completion and will be delivered in March 2001, two months ahead of schedule. The technical specifications for the transport, routing and packaging (TRP), trading partner agreements (TPA), and registry/repository (REG/REP) components of ebXML provide the required pieces to ensure interoperability based on XML standards for global business on the Internet.

The Webswell company launched new release of its open source ebXML integration framework Webswell Connect, version 1.1 Beta.