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Subject: United Nations CEFACT and OASIS to Deliver ebXML TechnicalInfrastructure



United Nations CEFACT and OASIS to Deliver ebXML Technical
Infrastructure
Ahead of Schedule

Proof-of-Concept Demo with Thirteen Vendors Proves Readiness of
Electronic
Business Infrastructure

San Francisco, CA; December 12, 2000-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.

Enterprises are demanding a standards-based framework for global
trading,
and developers are demanding the availability of an open,
business-quality
architecture that they can begin evaluating and implementing now.
Progress
on the 18-month ebXML initiative has been so substantial,
organizers agreed
to move the delivery date forward to meet this demand. At a recent
ebXML
meeting in Tokyo, hundreds of organizations from Asia, Australia,
Europe and
North America gathered to advance the development of ebXML. As a
highlight
of this meeting and a ratification of this decision, sixteen
companies
collaborated in an interactive proof-of-concept demonstration of
the ebXML
technical infrastructure.

"The ebXML specifications for transport, routing and packaging,
trading
partner agreements and registry/repository are stable and ready
for
evaluation and early adoption. This is great news for Web
developers who
want to get a jumpstart on creating electronic commerce
applications built
on global standards," said Klaus-Dieter Naujok, chair of ebXML and
member of
the UN/CEFACT Steering Group. "We are very excited to report our
progress is
significantly ahead of schedule and that we are in a position to
deliver the
ebXML technical infrastructure in 90 days."

Strong Vendor Participation in ebXML Standard Development Means
Success

Cisco, Fujistu, IBM, Interwoven, IPNet, Netfish Technologies, NTT
Communications, Savvion, Sterling Commerce, Sun Microsystems, TIE,
Viquity
and XMLSolutions collaborated to build an interactive
implementation of
ebXML interoperability. In addition, Extol, webMethods and XML
Global
tracked the POC event closely and indicated that they would be
interested in
participating in future ebXML events. The demonstration, which was
presented
in North America for the first time today at a media event in San
Francisco,
showed how businesses can use ebXML to dynamically formulate
trading
partnerships through a registry service and exchange electronic
business
transactions using a consistent XML-based messaging
infrastructure. The
ebXML demonstration showed dynamic business transactions using
payloads from
the Automotive Industry Action Group.

"These vendors, many of whom are competitors, came together to
prove that
one of ebXML core strength's is interoperability", said Robert S.
Sutor,
Ph.D. of IBM, vice chair of ebXML and member of the OASIS Board of
Directors. "Early completion of the ebXML technical infrastructure
will pave
the way for rapid availability of multiple commercial integrated
ebXML-compliant solutions. These will reduce the costs of
deployment and
ensure the flexibility required for e-commerce success in the
global
market."

About ebXML
ebXML (www.ebXML.org) is an International Initiative established
by
UN/CEFACT and OASIS in late 1999 with a mandate to undertake an
18-month
program of work to research and identify the technical basis upon
which the
global implementation of XML (Extensible Markup Language) can be
standardized. The goal of ebXML is to facilitate open trade
between
organizations regardless of size by enabling XML to be used in a
consistent
manner to exchange electronic business data.

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
programme 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 Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND Data Solutions,
Arbortext, B-Bop
Associates, BEA Systems, Bentley Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet,
Bridge,
Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One, DataChannel, Dataloom,
Defense
Information Services Agency, Deutsche Post AG, Documentum, EADS
Matra,
eCredit.com, empolis, Enigma, Excelergy, eXcelon, Extensibility,
Extricity
Software, First Call, IBM, icomXpress, Informix, Infoteria,
Interwoven,
IPNet Solutions, ISOGEN, ITEDO, Jamcracker, JetForm, Logistics
Management
Institute, Mediaplex, Mercator Software, Micrografx, Microsoft,
Netegrity,
Netfish, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion Association, Nimble
Technology,
NIST, ObjectSpace, Pick Systems, Pearson Education, Popkin
Software, ProNet
Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad,
Software AG,
StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Thomas Technology Solutions, TIBCO,
Virtual
Access Networks, Visa, Wavo, webMethods, Whitehill Technologies,
Xerox, XML
Global, XMLSolutions and XyEnterprise.

For more information:
Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
+1.941.284.0403






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