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Oasis and UN approve ebXML specification

...BEA Systems, Hewlett-Packard and others, has worked with UN technology group CEFACT for the last 18 months to create a blueprint for businesses to... Read more

15 May, 2001 by Wylie Wong

UN and Microsoft agree on e-trade standard

...standard for businesses that want to trade with each other online. UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) had been developing... Read more

22 February, 2001 by Matt Loney
Oracle Application Integration Architecture Enterprise Business Objects (EBO) Concepts - Concepts, Structure, Terminologies and Design Rules

Oracle Application Integration Architecture Enterprise Business Objects (EBO) Concepts - Concepts, Structure, Terminologies and Design Rules

...Business Object (EBO) structure and design is based primarily on the UN/CEFACT XML Naming and Design Rules. It is also based on the XML... Read more

1 August, 2009
A Study on the Secure ebXML Transaction Models

A Study on the Secure ebXML Transaction Models

...using eXtensible Markup Language) is an e-business standard, sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS, which enables enterprises to exchange business messages, conduct trading relationships... Read more

17 June, 2009

Down with standards

...How do governmental standards bodies like the United Nations and CEFACT differ from WS-I, OASIS and W3C? The UN is not really... Read more

28 April, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

XML: Extremely critical or exhaustingly complex?

...and the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)-- but there are no rules or regulations laid down to enforce this... Read more

5 August, 2003 by Andrew Donoghue

XML 5: What's the story with OASIS? The XML champion examined.

...Business to launch a project to standardise XML specs in business. UN/CEFACT is the United Nations body that covers policy in ebusiness, and the... Read more

10 November, 1999 by Dave Wilby
ebComposer UBL 1.2

ebComposer UBL 1.2

...ebXML Core Components (ISO 15000-5) and will be supported by UN/CEFACT. Additional information on UBL and the business processes of the North European... Read more

25 September, 2008

Common language of communication approved

...been brought to the world as a joint venture between UN body Cefact and industry standards group Oasis. A committee voted in favour of the... Read more

14 May, 2001 by Joey Gardiner
Business Process Analysis Worksheets & Guidelines v1.0

Business Process Analysis Worksheets & Guidelines v1.0

...franca the semantic subset of the UMM Metamodel, specified by the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology in the N090 specification. The UMM “is targeted primarily... Read more

10 May, 2001

SOAP to clean up B2B standards mess

...coordinate and process web services from different organizations. Oasis is part of CEFACT (the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) the UN-backed standards... Read more

26 February, 2001 by Ron Coates

Microsoft in XML showdown

...of ebXML this week. Backed by the United Nations e-business body CEFACT and non-profit standards body Oasis, the initiative is designed to be... Read more

13 December, 2000 by Ben King

UN claims software venture will cut costs for SMEs

...a single specification, called ebXML. Ray Walker, chairman of the UN's CEFACT technical body involved in the project, told silicon.com: "An XML standard... Read more

20 October, 2000 by Pia Heikkila

The Bloor Perspective: the Red Hat rumours, Informix's passion for Ardent, and XML stumbles towards standardisation

Robin Bloor and his colleagues cast their gaze back over this week's news. Under the spotlight today: why Corel may not make sense for Red Hat; why Informix is looking good; and why standards wrangles threaten the future of XML Read more

6 December, 1999 by Bloor Research

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