Access & RepositoriesSharing Information & Services

Arnaldur F. AxfjörðManaging Director

Admon Ltd.

SARIS Conference at Grand HotelApril 29th 2003

Huvudsaken ...• Le nouveaux magazine d'information du Bureau est disponible

en ligne. Vous y trouverez, entre autres, des informations sur les langues minoritaires en général, sur la première conférence sur les langues moins répandues en Grèce, sur la situation du basque en Navarre, et des avis sur la diversité linguistique dans le processus d'élargissement de l’Union européenne.

• Við þurfum að geta miðlað upplýsingum, svo við notum það tungumál sem dugir til þess miðað við þann vettvang sem um ræðir. En það er ekki nóg að þekkja merkingu, málfræði og setningarfræði, það þarf einnig að þekkja venjur og menningarleg viðmið til að geta haft fullkomin samskipti. Ef þú þekkir getu vettvangsins og getur talað á sameiginlegu tungumáli sem allir skilja og þekkja, þá getur þú miðlað upplýsingum.

What matters ...

•Know your audience ...... and speak the language understood by all.

Premises• To be able to understand

– Skills– Formats

• To be able to get access– Availability– Security

• To be able to automate– Content– Message & data formats

• Must be governed by standards– Core components & business units– Message forms– Communication framework– Contracts

B2B or B2C or A2A or G2C?

• Information is autonomous• Important to utilise data in different

applications• Visual information (B2C) stems from

backend systems– All presentation of business data require

data integration and automation

e-Business

e-Business Progress

Time

Acceptance

New technology

Expectations

Illusion

New paradigm

Disillusion

Productivity

The Problem

• Information dispersed• Information not compatible• Information not accessible• Lack of security

Some Initiatives ...• Icelandic Health Sector Database

– Centralised database of non-personally identifiable health data

• Islendingabok– Genealogy database

• ANZA RM– Electronic Marketplace – Repository of catalogues

• EAN Iceland– Master Data Alignment – Article data

• ebXML Registries & Repositories and UDDI– Registries and repositories for business collaboration

• …

ebXML Architecture

Company BCompany B

Registries &Repositories

Registries &Repositories

Company ACompany A

BusinessProcessSpecs Collaboration

ProtocolAgreement

Messaging Services (TRP)

BusinessProcessSpecs

Business Process SpecificationsXML SchemasCollaboration-protocol Profiles

UDDIUDDI

UDDI

• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration protocol

• A standard interoperable platform– Enables companies and applications to find

and use Web services over the Internet

• A cross-industry effort• Allows operational registries to be

maintained for different purposes in different contexts

Article Data Alignment

• Cross-sectional and global portal/portals– Article master data synchronisation (e-Catalogues)

• Internationally standardised contents, process rules and functions

• Multilateral master data alignment between manufacturers and retailers/purchasers

• Optimise business processes in e-Commerce• Best Practice in e-Commerce

Utilising Data

ArticleRepository

ArticleRepository

Data registered

MarketplaceMarketplace ProcurementProcurementLogisticsLogistics

Catalog information

Logistic informatio

nCatalog

information

Otherapplications

Digital Certificates

• Authentication of identity and authority• PKI infrastructure

– Secure distribution of public keys

• Digital signatures– Ensure integrity of content– Confirm origin of content– Prevent repudiation

• A premise for controlled access to information and services

Repositories & Signatures

• Entities to be digitally signed• Data guaranteed as published• Publishers not misrepresented• Confidence in the integrity of data• Digital signatures improve the data

quality and allow both the protection and non-repudiation required for e-Business

e-Future

• Infrastructure is available– Potential for added value

• Projects must be coordinated– Consensus on objectives– All parties must join forces

• Standards and security are central issues

• Cooperation is the key

Thank You!

Ármúli 42IS-108 Reykjavík

Telephone: (354) 530 8900Fax: (354) 588 8302

Mobile: (354) 894 8900E-mail: afax@admon.is

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