Dear Joseph, Another new European initiative has started in Sweden, The Swedish alliance for electronic commerce (GEA) are are starting an BCF with ebXML proof-of-concept project from a industrial perspective. Sofar we have attracted both Industrial-, governmental organizations as well as bussiness system vendors. We are planning for a full runthrough of UN/CEFACT Business Collaboration Framework with an implementation that is ebXML, this including Core Components, XML, RegRep, MSH etc. For this you who knows Swedish can find details here ;) <http://www.gea.nu/vo3/bcfebxml/030925.htm> /anders w.tell project team lead -Unified Business Agreements and Contract Project (UBAC) Chiusano Joseph wrote: >Last evening I attended a technology session (Semantic Web) here in the >Washington D.C. area, and the discussion drifted briefly toward adoption >of ebXML worldwide. Several attendees expressed sentiments that it >appears that ebXML (as a whole) is gaining a lot of traction in Europe >and Asia, but not here in the US (please note: I am not expressing my >view, but rather the view of the attendees). One attendee noted the >following 3 recent articles on ebXML Forum: > >- "Report recommends adoption of ebXML for European public >administration networks" > >- "Two new ebXML applications unveiled in Hong Kong" > >- "ebXML gains traction in Japan" > >My questions are: > >(1) Is this observation valid? > >(2) If so, what is the projected future direction of ebXML adoption here >in the US? Will it increase, decrease, or remain the same? > >(3) If we were to consider the various "components" of ebXML (business >processes, registry, collaboration, etc.) rather than ebXML as a >framework, do any components in particular look more promising than >others for adoption here in the US? > >Kind Regards, >Joe Chiusano >Booz | Allen | Hamilton >
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