Re: Protocol/framework plus tools/services for collaboration?

["Stephen Green" <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>]

An update for the list on this

As at Spring 2007:

It looks like in Europe it's a choice between 'Reliable Asynchronous
Secure Profile'
(RASP) and ebMS for the messaging
* but only ebMS has the product support available to the likes of just anybody *

Then there are industry 'verticals' with other protocols (a few to
choose from like OFTP 2)

rather like in US it might be choice between AS2 and ebMS, except that both are
supported

I'm still not sure about other global areas

Looks like the details need to be worked out for any contenders to the
rest of the ebXML framework though. Is that correct at present?

I'd guess that just as in US there are bound to be ways to cater for the
mix of ebMS and AS2 then there might have to be ways to link ebMS
supporting businesses to the likes of OFTP2 and to RASP.

Any ideas how a small set-up might cope with this? It wouldn't half be
nice to just support one and let those who can afford it support the many
(or the more than one at least, perhaps not quite 'many', hopefully).
If so then which one? I guess ebMS is still the only actual common factor
at the moment so it looks like that's stilll the one for me (on a *very* tight
shoestring budget)  :-)  Is there a shoestring budget way to support an
ontology? I guess I'll have to leave that to the big guys too.

All the best


-- 
Stephen Green

Partner
SystML, http://www.systml.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 117 9541606

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On 15/05/07, Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> I'm thinking about whether to try support for multiple options
> for a possible collaboration framework for e-business using my
> XForms for data input. I remember the Danish telcoms/Gov
> IT had an alternative to ebXML using WS-* - could someone
> please remind me what it was? I'd be grateful. I seem to
> remember it was called something like 'RASP-profile'. Is
> that the name for the overarching framework or just one
> component?
>
> Furthermore, could someone please point me at any products
> which support it? I'm really after something low-cost (apart from
> support which I guess is going to be costly whatever the option)
> and wondered if there are any opensource options or the like.
>
> If it proves too costly compared to ebXML I'll probably give up
> ideas of using anything other than ebXML (for now at least).
> I guess the latter too might be too expensive to offer at low
> cost (or free) to end-users but maybe not. Also, is ebXML Reg
> cost effective for providing a low cost solution to end-users?
> Any thoughts?
>
> Do any ISPs or VANs yet provide any services along these
> lines, does anyone know? Something I could offer to small
> business customers who'd like a solution for using UBL but
> not having to sign up to anything like a big expensive market-
> place or the like? Ideally something fairly 'open' in the sense
> that you don't have to have both trading parties using the same
> product/service (though obviously the same standards/technologies
> of course). If I can't provide I might at least be able to suggest
> it with a link or two.
>
> Many thanks
>
> All the best
>
> --
> Stephen Green
>
> Partner
> SystML, http://www.systml.co.uk
> Tel: +44 (0) 117 9541606
>
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