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All,
Among
the several action items on our team's task plan from the Orlando meeting are
the following:
- Develop
“talking points” document (for internal ExC use)
- Develop
1-page “What is ebXML?” Fact Sheet
- Create
FAQ’s
- Develop
standard ebXML speaker
presentation(s)
During
the Orlando meeting we developed a comprehensive questionnaire, initially to use
with the ebXML Executive Committee, to begin collecting the source content for
these various items. William Kammerer volunteered to take the lead in
developing draft FAQ's, Aleli Alcala took the lead on the What is ebXML
Fact Sheet and the talking points document, and Mike Weiner is heading up the
standard presentation content
development.
In
order to provide as much input as possible into the content for these documents
I think it would be useful if we could all take a stab at answering the
questions we posed to the ebXML Executive Committee. Those questions are
inserted below.
Please
insert your answer and return the message to me. We can then aggregate and
combine your ideas into a single document that each of these work groups can use
to complete their work items.
Thanks,
Rachel
General/Background
Questions
- What
is ebXML?
- Is
it intended to be a formal standard (submitted to a standards body)?
- What
is the business need for creating ebXML?
- Why
have XML as a basis?
- Will
ebXML be just business-to-business or include
business-to-consumer?
- How
are we addressing the needs of the small-medium size
enterprises?
- What
is the motivation for forming ebXML?
- Why
are the UN and OASIS working together to drive
ebXML?
- Which
organizations/initiatives are going to participate or follow the ebXML
technical specifications?
- What
is the relationship between ebXML and other XML
initiatives?
- What
is the relationship between ebXML and W3C?
- How
will ebXML be financed?
- Will
there be royalties from the use of the technical specifications?
- What
will be the main deliverables and milestones?
Business
Value Proposition Questions
What
is the value to my business by using ebXML?
- How
will ebXML reduce my costs?
- How
will my competitive advantage be enhanced?
- How
will this affect my relationships with my trading partners and
customers?
- How
will ebXML extend electronic business to new and existing trading
partners?
- When
can I get started using ebXML?
- How
will ebXML affect my industry?
- How
does ebXML impact my current EDI investment?
- Do
I have to use EDI to use ebXML?
- How
will ebXML help me get started in electronic
business?
Technical
Value Proposition Questions
- How
will ebXML facilitate convergence of the different XML based implementation
frameworks?
- How
does ebXML affect my existing IT infrastructure?
- Is
ebXML restricted to the Internet?
- How
will ebXML support international electronic business?
- Is
this an open extensible framework?
- What
development environments does ebXML support?
Closing
Questions
- Why
should my organization participate?
- How
can we join ebXML?
- Why
is it important that this initiative succeeds?
Rachel
Foerster
Principal
Rachel Foerster & Associates
Professionals in
EDI & Electronic Commerce
39432 North Avenue
Beach Park, IL 60099-3602
Voice:
847-872-8070
Fax: 847-872-6860
http://www.rfa-edi.com
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