The Xml Files: Using Xml for Business-To-Business and Business-To-Consumer Applications September 200

by Ennser, Luis; Leo, Pietro; Meszaros, Tamas; Valade, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780738418100
• ISBN10: 0738418102
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Vervante

Table of Contents

Figures	vii
Tables	xi
Preface	xiii
The team that wrote this redbook	xiv
Comments welcome	xv
Part 1. Introduction to e-business and XML	1	(104)
Chapter 1. XML and e-business applications	3	(32)
1.1 About e-business	3	(12)
1.1.1 Business transformation and innovation	5	(2)
1.1.2 Which is the e-business value?	7	(1)
1.1.3 A simplified classification schema for e-business applications	8	(7)
1.2 The Extensible Markup Language (XML)	15	(16)
1.2.1 World Wide Web document standards	16	(1)
1.2.2 A brief history of XML	16	(2)
1.2.3 XML - a universal data format	18	(1)
1.2.4 A short comparison of XML and HTML	19	(1)
1.2.5 XML linking and addressing	20	(1)
1.2.6 Advanced type definitions	21	(1)
1.2.7 Metadata (RDF and PICS)	21	(1)
1.2.8 Domain-specific document definitions	22	(1)
1.2.9 XML in wireless applications	23	(1)
1.2.10 XML styling and transcoding	24	(1)
1.2.11 XML query languages	25	(1)
1.2.12 Processing XML documents	25	(4)
1.2.13 Organizations concerned with XML	29	(1)
1.2.14 Typical applications	30	(1)
1.3 XML and e-business	31	(3)
1.4 Summary	34	(1)
Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM e-business solutions	35	(24)
2.1 IBM e-business cycle	35	(2)
2.2 IBM Application Framework for e-business	37	(20)
2.2.1 Using an asset-based approach	38	(4)
2.2.2 Overview of the IBM Application Framework	42	(9)
2.2.3 Patterns for e-business	51	(6)
2.3 Summary	57	(2)
Chapter 3. XML in the IBM Application Framework for e-business	59	(46)
3.1 e-business application with XML	59	(4)
3.2 IBM XML development tools and utilities	63	(19)
3.2.1 Open source initiative: the xml.apache.org project	65	(3)
3.2.2 Parsers	68	(1)
3.2.3 Editing	68	(6)
3.2.4 Formatting	74	(3)
3.2.5 Programming	77	(5)
3.3 XML open frameworks	82	(7)
3.3.1 OASIS consortium, XML.ORG	82	(2)
3.3.2 Electronic Business XML initiative (ebXML)	84	(1)
3.3.3 WebSphere B2B Integrator	85	(4)
3.4 XML extensions to IBM products	89	(15)
3.4.1 WebSphere Application Servers	89	(7)
3.4.2 VisualAge for Java	96	(1)
3.4.3 MQSeries Integrator	97	(1)
3.4.4 DB2 XML Extender	97	(3)
3.4.5 Lotus with XML	100	(2)
3.4.6 Tivoli Cross-Site	102	(2)
3.5 Summary	104	(1)
Part 2. Designing B2C and B2B e-business applications using XML	105	(134)
Chapter 4. Patterns for B2C and B2B applications	107	(32)
4.1 Definitions	107	(3)
4.1.1 Logical and physical patterns	107	(1)
4.1.2 Runtime topology nodes	108	(2)
4.2 e-business patterns for B2C applications	110	(7)
4.2.1 B2C logical patterns for e-business	111	(6)
4.3 e-business patterns for B2B applications	117	(12)
4.3.1 B2B logical patterns for e-business	117	(10)
4.3.2 Physical patterns for B2C and B2B runtime topologies	127	(2)
4.4 Implementation considerations for XML	129	(8)
4.4.1 Applications that benefit from using XML	130	(1)
4.4.2 Typical design for applications using XML	131	(1)
4.4.3 A sample of an architecture for XML applications	132	(3)
4.4.4 Composing Java object with XML	135	(1)
4.4.5 XML filtering with Java servlets	135	(1)
4.4.6 XML/XSL as inputs for a Web application generator	136	(1)
4.4.7 Performance	136	(1)
4.4.8 Security	137	(1)
4.5 Summary	137	(2)
Chapter 5. B2C applications using XML	139	(38)
5.1 The B2C application model	139	(5)
5.1.1 The field of business-customer interaction	139	(1)
5.1.2 Application models, architectures and components	140	(3)
5.1.3 CML powers the B2C interaction	143	(1)
5.2 Enterprise portals	144	(21)
5.2.1 Data and application integration	146	(2)
5.2.2 Content management	148	(3)
5.2.3 Controlled access to structured information	151	(1)
5.2.4 Customer relations, recognition, and personalization	152	(4)
5.2.5 Business intelligence and enterprise portals	156	(1)
5.2.6 Connection to e-commerce	157	(3)
5.2.7 New presentation devices	160	(2)
5.2.8 IBM portal examples	162	(3)
5.3 IBM products and tools in B2C applications	165	(10)
5.3.1 Enterprise Information Portal	166	(2)
5.3.2 Lotus Raven suite	168	(3)
5.3.3 IBM WebSphere	171	(3)
5.3.4 IBM products and tools in portals	174	(1)
5.4 Summary	175	(2)
Chapter 6. B2B applications using XML	177	(62)
6.1 The B2B application model	177	(7)
6.1.1 B2B: a major business opportunity of business integration	177	(2)
6.1.2 General issues in business-to-business electronic interactions	179	(1)
6.1.3 XML B2B frameworks and standards	180	(4)
6.2 IBM WebSphere B2B Integrator	184	(52)
6.2.1 Trading Partner Agreements	185	(19)
6.2.2 The IBM Business-to-business Protocol Framework	204	(8)
6.2.3 A sample application TPA	212	(4)
6.2.4 Using the IBM Visual XML Builder for a specific OBI TPA	216	(20)
6.3 Summary	236	(3)
Part 3. B2B eMarketPlaces	239	(42)
Chapter 7. B2B eMarketPlaces: a case study	241	(40)
7.1 Why the B2B eMarketPlace application?	241	(1)
7.2 eMarketPlaces and online intermediaries	242	(4)
7.2.1 B2B online intermediary business trading models	244	(2)
7.3 The E-broker application	246	(25)
7.3.1 E-broker business models	247	(10)
7.3.2 Considerations on the impact of XML on the architecture	257	(4)
7.3.3 A building block architecture	261	(3)
7.3.4 E-broker application functional decomposition	264	(7)
7.4 Initial E-broker design activities	271	(8)
7.4.1 E-broker access service TPAs	272	(2)
7.4.2 The directory service data model in DB2 XML Extender	274	(5)
7.5 Summary	279	(2)
Appendix A. An example of a OBI TPA XML document	281	(14)
A.1 The OBI TPA between Large Co and Pens We Are	281	(14)
Appendix B. Using the additional material	295	(2)
B.1 Locating the additional material on the Internet	295	(1)
B.2 Using the Web material	295	(6)
B.2.1 How to use the Web material	296	(1)
Appendix C. Special notices	297	(4)
Appendix D. Related publications	301	(4)
D.1 IBM Redbooks	301	(1)
D.2 IBM Redbooks collections	302	(1)
D.3 Referenced Web sites	302	(3)
How to get IBM Redbooks	305	(2)
IBM Redbooks fax order form	306	(1)
Glossary	307	(2)
Index	309	(4)
IBM Redbooks review	313