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Beneath the Vortals

, January 01, 2002

Using Internet procurement automation tools and techniques to buy operating resources can reduce costs, often achieving 300 percent return on investment (ROI) for the buying organization. Because of this, buyers and suppliers with different procurement and catalog systems must find ways to interoperate effectively. Three standards are emerging to try to solve this problem.
Web Techniques: Online

Online

Sites for B2B and business process terminology

Ariba

www.ariba.com

CBL 2.0 Reference Guide

www.marketsite.net/xml/cbl/docs/reference.html

Commerce One

www.commerceone.com

Commerce One's B2B

www.marketsite.net

cXML

www.cxml.org

eCo Framework Project

www.commerce.net/projects/currentprojects/eco

Enterprise Ontology


a collection of terms and definitions relevant to business enterprises

www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~entprise/enterprise/ontology.html

Other references

ANSI ASC X12

www.x12.org

Epicentric

www.epicentric.com

Extricity Software

www.extricity.com

InterWorld Corporation

www.interworld.com

Ironside Technologies

www.ironside.com

Java-oriented XML tutorial site

java.sun.com/xml/docs/tutorial

Microsoft BizTalk

www.biztalk.org

OBI

www.openbuy.org

POET Software

www.poet.com

Sterling Commerce

www.sterling.com

UNCEFACT, UN/EDIFACT

www.unece.org/trade/untdid

Vignette

www.vignette.com

webMethods

www.webmethods.com



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