July
15, 2001 (Atlanta, GA)--The Open Applications Group, Inc. (OAGI), the largest
publisher of XML-based business messages in the world, today announced plans to
integrate the ebXML specification into the 182 business transaction standards
currently published by the organization.
EbXML was developed in an open process jointly sponsored by the UN/CEFACT
and OASIS (Organization for Structured Information Standards) to standardize XML-based
messaging and information interchange in Internet transactions between
companies. UN/CEFACT
is the United Nations body that develops policy and technology to facilitate
trade and electronic business worldwide.
The
OAGi Integration Specification (OAGIS) defines over 182 XML-based business
objects (BODs) for business-to-business and application-to-application
integration in e-Commerce, purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, human resource
management and finance.
It is expected that OAGi support for ebXML will significantly accelerate
broad-based adoption of this specification.
OAGi is currently believed to have the largest installed based of any XML-based
set of business messages.
“We
expect that ebXML and OAGIS will work hand in glove,” said David Connelly,
president and CEO of OAGI.
“ebXML provides a technical framework for transactions that is
international in scope.
We offer a large, international installed base supporting a mature set of
XML-based business object documents that facilitate hands-free interoperability
within and between companies. “Both
standards are horizontal in nature and can be used in almost any industry
sector,” Connelly added. “OAGI's
decision to adopt ebXML is an exciting milestone and will do much to advance our
mutual goal of interoperability," said Laura Walker, executive director of
OASIS. "OAGi was an active participant in the development of ebXML, and we
welcome their support in furthering its implementation." According
to Connelly, the latest release (v. 7.1) of the business process based Open
Applications Group Integration Specification (OAGIS) contains the largest and
richest set of XML Document Type Definition (DTD) files in the world.
“It goes the farthest towards defining the ‘digital dial tone’ that
organizations require to do business in the emerging World of e-Commerce and
e-Business,” he said. About
the Open Applications Group The
OAGi is a non-profit consortium of technology providers and end-user
organizations.
The organization develops best practices and process based XML content
for eBusiness and Application Integration.
It is the world’s largest publisher of XML based content for business
software interoperability and the only XML development organization supporting
“end to end” integration.
That includes technology for business-to-business, application to
application and application to execution systems transactions.
Member company teams have built a consensus-based framework for business
software application interoperability and a repeatable process for quickly
developing high quality business content and XML representations of that
content. About ebXML EbXML,
sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS, is a modular suite of specifications that
enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct
business over the Internet. Using ebXML, companies now have a standard method to
exchange business messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data in
common terms and define and register business processes. About UN/CEFACT UN/CEFACT
(www.uncefact.org) is the United Nations
body whose mandate covers worldwide policy and technical development in the area
of trade facilitation and electronic business. Headquartered in Geneva, it has
developed and promoted many tools for the facilitation of global business
processes including UN/EDIFACT, the international EDI standard. Its current work
program includes such topics as Simpl-edi and Object Oriented EDI and it
strongly supports the development and implementation of open, interoperable
global standards and specifications for electronic business. About OASIS OASIS
(http://www.oasis-open.org) is the
international, not-for-profit consortium that advances electronic business by
promoting open, collaborative development of interoperability specifications.
OASIS sponsors include a wide range of software companies and technology
providers. For free downloadable copies of Release 7.1, or to learn about other OAGi industry activities and resources, visit the OAGi website at www.openapplications.org. Or you can contact the organization by e-mail at info@openapplications.org.
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