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E-Commerce IntegrationMeta-Framework

Andrzej BialeckiChief System [email protected]

TM

The Project Kick-Off meeting, Brussels, 3rd of May 2001


InternetAnd

E-Marketplaces

InternetAnd

E-Marketplaces

E-Commerce Integration ChallengeWhy SME-s should join the e-commerce?

Automation, lower cost/transaction, less manual labor, reaching new markets and partners

SME

EnterpriseProcess

Process

Process

Process

RNIF

ebXMLProcess

Process

EDIphone + paper

?phone + paper

BUT:The existence of many e-commerce frameworks results in increased integration issues…


The rule of the Big PartnersGood:

For the big partners ☺Bad:

Forces the big partner’s view of the business on the SME-sBrings to SME-s unnecessary complexity costs

SME EnterpriseRNIFebXMLProcess

Process EDI

phone + paper

? EDIclient

Adhoc

phone + paper


?

Industry Portals – web technologyGood:

Don’t require extensive IT infrastructure – easy startBad:

Don’t really address the process integration issues

InternetAnd

E-Marketplaces

InternetAnd

E-Marketplaces

SME EnterpriseRNIFebXML

Process

ProcessEDI

phone + paper

webIndustryportal

Adhoc


The ChallengeThe needs:

For systematic approach“integration methodology”

For standardized descriptions“integration language”

The expectations:Simplify the interoperabilityReduce the adoption costsSimplify the maintenance


E-Commerce Integration Meta-Framework (ECIMF)

The methodology - ECIMMHow to discover and model the integration areas

The language - ECIMLHow to describe the integration logic in a precise, machine understandable way

The tools - ECITHow to prepare the integration recipes, and how to implement them


ECIMM – the methodology3-layer approach

Semantics:ActorsUse casesHigh-level business objects

Dynamics:Business processesInteraction patternsTransaction boundaries

Syntax:Message formatsData elementsTransport protocols

Alignment with UMMUMM can be used in modeling of all three layers

3-level abstractionBuilding blocks for the models

(notation)

Integration model

Data to transform


ECIML - the modeling languageAnother profile of the standard UML?Re-use of already existing profilesThe same meta-meta modelPrecise rules for serialization of models into XML


ECIT – the ToolkitECIMF Navigator

Based on Open Source Conzilla tool (CID/KTH)

Support for ECIMF3-layer modeling (ECIMM)

Presenting the corresponding concepts with different levels of details, and in different contexts

graphical notationPresenting the integration models with extended notation

scripting of the integration rulescode generation

Model transformation into the ECIML recipes (“MANIFEST”)

Other commercial toolsIndustry involvement should ensure support for ECIMF in the commercial integration products

MS BizTalk Server, HP Process Manager, others…


ECIMF Overview


Working with ECIMFBuild the model of Framework 1

SemanticsDynamics

Syntax

Build the model of Framework 2SemanticsDynamics

Syntax

Build the integration model F1 F2SemanticsDynamics

Syntax

SemanticsDynamics

Syntax

Semantic IntegrationDynamics Integration

Syntax Integration

Generate the ECIML recipesMANIFEST

Implement theIntegration usingan ECIMF-compliantsoftware toolkits,according to theMANIFEST.

UMM?


Example: Procurement IntegrationSemantics: identify actors, use cases, high-level business objects


Semantics: ECIMF Navigator tool


Dynamics: processesIdentify business processes, transactions, interaction patterns

F1-Q

F1-R


Dynamics: process modeling (1)


Dynamics: process modeling (2)


Process mediator

Process integration: mediationProcess mediator controls the flow of activities in both interfaces, providing necessary processing

F1-Q

F1-R

Framework 1

Framework 2

F2-Q

F2-R


Dynamics: ECIMF Navigator


Syntax: data mappingIdentify the data transformations

mapping between data elements in messages exchangeduse of external data sourcesSecurity elements (encryption, signatures)

Framework 1PurchaseOrder

POHeader

POBody

Party (Supplier)

Item ID

Party (Buyer)

PriceUnits

Total

Framework 2PurchaseOrder

PODetails

Agent (Supplier)

Cat. No

Agent (Buyer)

PriceUnits

Total

Subtotal

NetTax

Item

Item Catalog

Directory Economy data

X


Protocol adapters

Syntax: transport protocolsIdentify the transformations and configuration parameters needed on the transport protocol level

HTTP

FTP

SMTP

Delivery policy

Routing

Queuing

Security

Encoding

VAN

Delivery policy

Routing

Queuing

Security

Encoding

Protocol adapters

HTTP

FTP

SMTP

VAN


Syntax: ECIMF Navigator


MANIFEST: the ECIML recipes<?xml version=‘1.0’?><Manifest>

<Process name=‘Procurement’><Framework from=‘WidgetsLtd’>

<BusinessProcessDefinition>…

</BusinessProcessDefinition></Framework><Framework to=‘ebXML’>

<BusinessProcessDefinition location=‘uddi:…’/></Framework><MappingRules>

<SemanticMapping> … </SemanticMapping><ProcessMediating> … </ProcessMediating><SyntaxMapping> … </SyntaxMapping>

</MappingRules></Process>

</Manifest>


ECIMF-compliant toolkitProvides configurable software adapters and the runtime environment for execution of the integration logic


SummaryDeliverables according to the Proposal

General MethodologyTechnical SpecificationReference Toolkit

Timeframe: 18 monthsCoordination and support

ebXML, RosettaNet, OAG, EDI, TMWG …Industry representativesEC FP5 KAII and upcoming FP6

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