Commerce One claims it has the software for you. MarketSite 3.0 is Windows NT software that handles catalog hosting, transaction processing and purchase-order processing. This new version of the product, expected to be in beta release in the second quarter, is touted as the Open Marketplace Platform because it can perform tasks such as document conversion, including the translation of electronic data interchange into Extensible Markup Language. Version 3.0 is also open because it handles trades generated by Commerce One's intranet BuySite software, and will work with competing electronic commerce-procurement products from RightWorks and Intershop Communications. With MarketSite 3.0, each set of trading partners uses the portal software as the middleman to send and receive purchase information.
Partners can define the document types however they want.
A North American-based portal, called MarketSite. The three sites claim they will work together to create an international trading community. A few firms, including W.W. Grainger and Schlumberger Oil Services, say they hope to be able to use the commerce portals when they're ready. Feedback Tell us your thoughts on this article or the issues raised in it. When you click Submit, you'll be taken back to this article.