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CECID Launches Test Site of OASIS ebXML V2 Registry Reference Implementation
Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China -- April 8th, 2002
-- Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID),
Department of Computer Science Information Systems, The
University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce
today the immediate availability of an OASIS ebXML V2
Registry. This implementation of the OASIS ebXML V2
Registry/Repository (ebXMLRR) standard fully implements
all functions of the standard and is currently in its
beta release version. CECID encourages developers interested
in developing ebXML related products and services to use
this implementation for testing purposes. The HKU ebXML Registry
is available at http://registry.csis.hku.hk:8201/ebxmlrr/registry
through Registry client software.
The OASIS ebXML V2 Registry/Repository standard is emerging
as a key component of developing Web Services for e-commerce
and many other uses. The OASIS ebXML Registry/Repository is
a general registry, which can be used not only for business but
also for any other organization or entity and for any purpose.
The OASIS standard accomplished this generality because it uses
a generic and extensible information model that can be adapted to
many uses. This information model includes the ability to have
arbitrary associations between entries in the registry.
Furthermore, the standard includes a repository, which is
a way of storing information about entries in the registry.
Any type of data can be stored in repository including Web
Service descriptions, XML data and documents, binary data
(such as images, sound files, video data, executable application
files, CAD files etc.), and any other kind of data. Using
the registry, this data can be searched and classified
using advanced ad hoc query mechanisms such as XML filter
query and SQL query. Consequently, the OASIS ebXML Registry
/Repository standard enables a powerful and flexible registry
that can be deployed as a public registry, a private registry
used within an organization, or a registry shared by an organization
and its partners. The OASIS ebXML Registry specifications
are available at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/documents/2.0/specs.
The code for this implementation of the OASIS ebXML V2
Registry/Repository standard is based on an international
collaboration with developers from around the world who
are jointly participating in an open source community
project hosted at Source Forge. The initial code base
for the ebXMLRR project at Source Forge originated from
a donation by Sun Microsystems Inc. to the open source
development community of an internal implementation
developed at Sun. Sun donated the code to the ebXMLRR
project at Source Forge in November of 2001. Since then,
an international community of developers committed to
open international standards has worked together to
complete this implementation of the OASIS ebXML
Registry/Repository standard. The ebXMLRR project is
available at
http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net.
Researchers and developers from CECID were significant
contributors to the open source ebXMLRR implementation
project at Source Forge and are pleased to take the lead
in hosting a publicly accessible test registry based on
the ebXMLRR project at Source Forge. CECID will operate
the registry on a trial basis in Q2CY02 under the auspices
of its Project Phoenix, which is sponsored by the Innovation
and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Government, to
establish an ebXML software infrastructure in Hong Kong.
Project Phoenix also involves other lead technology users
in the industry as project sponsors and collaborators.
MTRC, the major subway system operator in Hong Kong, and
Saggio, a large office supplies provider in Asia, have
started a pilot project to conduct automatic e-procurement
of office supplies. Later, additional parties such as Hong
Kong Airport Cargo Terminals Limited will join the pilot.
The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce has also planned to operate
the registry in trial mode in CY03. Information on CECID
and Project Phoenix is available on
http://www.cecid.hku.hk.
In addition to the OASIS ebXML V2 Registry implementation,
the ebXMLRR project at Source Forge is also developing a
client user interface. The client software provides a unique
user interface (UI) for graphically visualizing registry
content. The client software is currently in an alpha release.
A guided tour of the registry is available by launching
the client UI of the registry as described at
http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/registryBrowserGuide/registryBrowserGuide.html
.
The ebXMLRR UI client software is based on the Java API
for XML Registries ('JAXR') which is being developed
through the Java Specification Request (JSR) process of
the Java Community ProcessSM (JCP) as JSR 93. JAXR
provides a single standard Java API that allows Java
programmers to interact with emerging standards for XML
Registries including both ebXML Registry and UDDI. The
ebXMLRR UI client software also uses the Java API for XML
Messaging ('JAXM') in order to send SOAP based messages
between the client software and the registry. These SOAP
messages are used to send requests to the OASIS ebXML
Registry and to receive responses from the registry.
Since both the registry and the client software are based
on Java and XML, the implementations are portable across
platforms and operating systems, and can also interoperate
with implementations on other platforms and written in other languages.
About CECID (http://www.cecid.hku.hk):
Established in January 2002, the Center for E-Commerce
Infrastructure Development (CECID) at the University of
Hong Kong conducts e-commerce research and development with
the vision of helping Hong Kong increase its competitiveness
in the international arena. CECID has the missions to
develop e-commerce enabling technologies, to join important
international e-commerce initiatives, to support e-commerce
standardization for Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region,
and to transfer e-commerce technology and skills to the
community. As an OASIS member, CECID is participating in
the standardization projects, such as ebXML and Universal
Business Language (UBL). CECID also collaborates with a
number of lead technology users in the Asia Pacific Region
on the application of advanced e-commerce technologies in the industry.
About ebXML (http://www.ebxml.org):
The mission of ebXML is to provide an open XML-based
infrastructure enabling the global use of electronic
business information in an interoperable, secure and
consistent manner by all parties. ebXML (Electronic
Business using Extensible Markup Language), sponsored
by UN/CEFACT and OASIS, is a modular suite of specifications
that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical
location to conduct business over the Internet. Using ebXML,
companies now have a standard method to exchange business
messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data
in common terms and define and register business processes.
About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org):
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global
consortium that drives the development, convergence
and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves
set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight,
open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus
and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide
standards for security, Web services, XML conformance,
business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps
and interoperability within and between marketplaces.
About the Java Community Process (JCP) Program (http://www.jcp.org):
Since its introduction in 1995 as the open, inclusive
process to develop and revise Java technology specifications,
reference implementations, and technology compatibility
kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the
evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the
international Java developer community. More than 90 Java
technology specifications are in development in the JCP
program, which has over 350 company and individual participants.
About Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com):
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision --
The Network Is The ComputerTM -- has propelled Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), to its position as a
leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software
and services that power the Internet and allow companies
worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $19.2 billion
in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries.
For more information:
Dorris Tai (cwtai@csis.hku.hk)
Business Manager
Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID)
Dept. of Computer Science & Information Systems
The University of Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2859 2818
Fax: +852 2547 4611
URL: http://www.cecid.hku.hk
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