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Subject: FW: CALL for PARTICIPATION: ebXML Messaging Interoperability Compliance Pilot
- From: Philippe DeSmedt <PDeSmedt@viquity.com>
- To: "'ebxml-iic@lists.oasis-open.org'" <ebxml-iic@lists.oasis-open.org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:21:26 -0700
All,
FYI,
please find attached a message from the Drummond Group on interoperability
testing. This relates to and provides further context for the discussion that we
had yesterday in the ebXML IIC TC face-to-face meeting.
-Philippe
_______________________________
Philippe De Smedt
Viquity Corporation (www.viquity.com)
1161 N. Fair
Oaks Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-2102
(408) 548-9722
(408) 747-5586 (fax)
pdesmedt@viquity.com
ebXML Messaging Interoperability Compliance
Pilot
This pilot will bring together the needs of this user community,
the vendors and the standards community to drive adoption of
ebXML
Messaging around the globe.
SPONSOR
The Uniform Code Council (www.uc-council.org) is
the official sponsor of this pilot.
The Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC)
is a not-for-profit standards development organization originally founded in
1972. The UCC, along with its global partner EAN International, administers the
EAN.UCC System, which includes the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) and other
tools to facilitate efficient global trade. The EAN.UCC System is used by
nearly one million member companies worldwide. The UCC functions as a primary
resource for business and industry, developing worldwide identification codes,
data carriers, and electronic commerce.
SUPPORTING USER GROUPS
The
following groups are building use cases to assist us in testing
for the key
items which they consider central to their industry. They
will be
closely following the pilot and subsequent list of passing products.
The Global Commerce Initiative (GCI), (www.globalcommerceinitiative.org) a
global user
community of the forty largest global retailers and
manufacturers, originally
launched with pilot and has already endorsed the ebXML messaging standard and
are looking for a group of products which support that standard.
Pam
Flaten, GCI Technical Chair and Target Stores Director, says "The goal of this
pilot is to transform the concepts of the ebXML messaging specifications into
reality thus facilitating their adoption and implementation on a global
basis."
Info Links:
http://www.globalcommerceinitiative.org/oas/gci/gci.wwv_main.main?p_language=us&p_cornerid=263&p_currcornerid=1&p_full=1
http://www.drummondgroup.com/html/pr_07-20-01.html
Drummond
Group Inc. is also leading a pilot on the architecture definition process based
on ebXML Messaging for the Open Applications Group and STAR (Standards for
Technology in Automotive Retail consortium). OAGI and STAR have partnered to
lead a series of specification building projects focused on automotive
distribution business processes and the messaging infrastructure supporting
them.
This group has asked us to include test profiles specific to this
industry also.
You can review the press release on that pilot at:
http://www.drummondgroup.com/html/pr_07-12-01.html
Our
final test profile will include requirements from both global retail and
automotive.
Besides benefiting the international retail industry, the testing
will also benefit the 20,000 strong automotive dealerships and their network of
auto manufacturers and business partners. It will further ehance the
marketability for ebXML Messaging products by facilitating products which meet
the needs of several verticals.
HOW ARE THE TESTS DEVELOPED?
At
present test plans are being written based on use cases developed by GCI
and
the automotive industry dealership network. These use cases
generate
requirements which produce specific detailed testing plans and
verify conformance to
the function requirements for these two vertical's
global user communities. The test
plans will then be reviewed by those
vendors who choose to join the pilot and necessary
modifications will be made
based on those recommendations. Drummond Group
Inc. will be writing the
test plans, facilitating the test process and
feeding the lessons learned
back into GCI and the OAGI/STAR project. This
information will also be
distributed to the OASIS ebXML Messaging Standards
group for next versions
and the OASIS Interoperability and Conformance Test Group.
To learn more
about test plan development and ebXML, go to:
http://www.drummondgroup.com/html/ebxml.html
What is
Drummond Group Inc's background on Interoperability Compliance
Testing? DGI,
a vendor neutral organization, has developed the Drummond
Group Inc. Process
for running compliance testing. We have run testing for the
AS1 and AS2
standards over the past five years.
Rik Drummond, CEO of DGI, led the ebXML
Messaging vs 1.0 Work Group and has
worked with numerous industry groups to
drive adoption. In our experience,
adoption of standards is dependent on
market acceptance, education and some
level of user assurance that the
developing software product base has been
tested. We realize that
market penetration is key to the success of the
standard and that conformance
is key to market acceptance.
Therefore, Drummond Group's goal is to enable
all test participants to pass
the testing. This will be critical to the
marketing of these products
and the continued acceptance and development of
the standard.
For more background DGI info, please review our website
at:
http://www.drummondgroup.com
Why should a vendor
participate?
To:
*Develop global market penetration for a particular
standard and their products;
*De-bug their software with their competitors in
a low risk,
neutral, "market simulated" test environment rather than on their
customers,
*Gain market acceptance and recognition for new standards and
their
applications in a low cost manner,
*Save time in the de-bugging of
new releases and versions,
*Learn the early needs of the sponsoring user
community to aid
marketability of product launch,
*Join the early adopter
list of preferred vendors - the shopping list for
endorsing
organizations.
When: The test round one will launch in Sept 2001
with completion scheduled
for January 2002.
Where: Tests are
conducted over the internet with once or twice daily
conference calls. It is
suggested that one person be dedicated during the
testing process to handle
the testing process. At times it may be necessary to add additional staff
to keep from falling behind in the testing process and ensure your
product
stays on the test schedule. NOTE: Because this is the first
test
for ebXML messaging specification and many companies are in alpha, we
would
suggest being open to have development support staff available to
assist in
case of problems.
What part of ebXML specification is being
tested?
At present, there are three test cycles planned. Each would
incorporate
tests adding additional functionality; beginning with a common
baseline messaging
and payload security test for the first round. Additional
tests will be added each subsequent round to incorporate CPP, security, CPA
functionality and registries.
Test Cycle ONE (Sep 01 - Jan 02) will focus
on basic messaging, payload
security and CPP functionality.
Test Cycle
TWO will expand these tests to include most of the Messaging,
Intermediate
CPP, Very basic Registry access, and DSIG functionality.
Test Cycle THREE
will expand the previous test cycle by completing
Messaging, Intermediate
Registry access (read/write), a Major portion of CPP
and CPA functionality,
and more in-depth DSIG testing.
Note: Unlike previous tests conducted by
DGI, which uses use the same test plan
each cycle, this one will increase the
testing through more tests each cycle.
Test Cycle ONE Participant
Cost:
$35,000 per product tested.
NOTE: In our poll of participating
tested AS2 vendors, they generally agreed that
the ebXML messaging spec was
2-3 times as complex as the AS2 spec. Therefore, the
cost is at that
ratio. We also did detailed analysis on our cost based on our experience
in running these type of tests.
Because vendors find this process
benefits their product marketing and new
version software de-bugging, the
related cost for participating in this test
is often split between two budget
areas: product marketing and product
development. Also, for future
budgeting information, it is our plan to do a test
cycle per year.
How do I join?
Fill out the form:
http://www.drummondgroup.com/html/ebxml.html
Please contact Beth Morrow for more
info.
Drummond Group, Inc.
512-335-5606 phone
512-335-5644
fax
Beth@Drummondgroup.com
www.drummondgroup.com
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