ebBP 12/20/2005: OASIS Symposium Submission Made

[Monica J Martin <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

Here is the full submission (adding more words to accommodate the 
extended abstract requested):

Biography: The OASIS ebBP TC is comprised of a diverse team of 
eBusiness, technologists, and functional business experts focused on 
realizing the benefits of the use of a standardized format for 
collaborative business processes. The co-chairs are Dale Moberg, Cyclone 
Commerce, and Monica J. Martin, Sun Microsystems. 
Presenter: Presenter: Monica J. Martin (Ms. Martin will be speaking on 
behalf of OASIS ebXML Business Process TC).

Title of submission: Focus on the User Community: Effectively using 
modular collaborative process definitions and profiles to realize
eBusiness interoperability

Topic perspective: Standards, Business and Community perspectives

Brief submission description: This presentation focuses on engaging user 
communities to realize and implement a practical approach to process 
interoperability. Effective use of modular collaborative process 
definitions and profiles will be described in the context of real-world 
application to realize eBusiness interoperability.

Presentation abstract (up to 2000 words):
Presentation outline
Scope: Achieving process interoperability - usability, best practices, 
and enabling user communities
Title:  Focus on the User Community: Effectively using modular 
collaborative process definitions and profiles to realize
eBusiness interoperability

Key presentation points

    * The eBusiness domain and collaborative business processes
          o Enabling use of standard process definition formats - simple
            business transactions to complex collaborations using ebBP
          o Managing the business expectations to the technical contract
            and messaging services
    * Domain and partner usability - focus on solutions, seizing the
      value add
          o Modular process definitions
          o Specializing by profile
          o Integrating other technologies like Registry and web services
    * Real-world use cases [1]
          o In local government
          o In health care
          o In regional government agencies
          o In eBusiness domains like textiles or transport
    * Summary and questions

[1] We've provided four real-world cases but will only present two.

Abstract:
In practical application, business processes in the collaborative 
environment may be diverse, complex and evidence the context and 
expectations of the business partners involved. Realizing and achieving 
interoperability necessitates a clear focus on usability, domain or 
cross-domain best practices, and achievable solutions based on the user 
communities served.

This presentation focuses on the eBusiness domain, collaborative 
business processes, and practical (yet pragmatic) eBusiness process 
approaches  - to promote adoption, to effectively engage stakeholders in 
standards development and implementation deployment and to realize 
organic growth.

In the collaborative environment, the use of standard process 
definitions must recognize the value (and complexity) of:
1. Well-known business transaction patterns
2. Business semantics evidencing aspects of quality of service, document 
security, and partner expectations
3. Key roles and characteristics of the business partners involved
4. The goals and constraints of the user communities served
5. Support for the continuum of simple business transactions to complex 
business collaborations using ebBP (OASIS ebXML Business Process TC, 
ebXML Business Process Specification Schema, aka ebBP)

In order to provide solutions that accommodate these diverse but 
important goals, the focus must be on domain and partner usability where 
solutions explicitly target value added capabilities relevant to 
business experts. This may result in definition, development and use of:
a. Modular process definitions composable to targeted to one or more 
domains, or partners within them
b. Specializing by profile whereby domain expectations can be tailored 
and refined
c. Integrating other technologies like Registry and web services to 
maximize the benefit of the communities served

Combining a standardized approach to modular process definition and 
development, focused on user community solutions, we present a minimum 
of two real-world use cases and different usage of ebBP v2.0.1. Domains 
served include local and regional governments, health care, transport, 
textiles, and financial services. In addition, that community focus has 
realized collaborations with other evolving standards to provide 
achievable solutions such as ontologies, Registry, Universal Business 
Language (UBL) and other domain technologies.

Combining community, standards and business perspectives will assist in 
realizing true eBusiness interoperability using standardized business 
process definitions.