Models are to be stored and registered globally. Trading partners register their particular business process paths through the models. Demonstrations of ebXML components have been growing in number with each succeeding meeting. The next is in Tokyo in November. It s real and coming fast.
Specifications are now in the deliverable phase .
Mr. Nicholson will send the presentation to Mr. Royal. In response to the question of whether there might be an ebXML process model for DOD to retain its unified acquisition topology, Mr. Crawford suggested there may be similar models in industry where ebXML will be leveraged in that way. In fact the bulk of the ebXML business process effort remains undone. Mr. Nicholson stated that NATO has a similar challenge and needs the registries to talk with each other. With regard to concern about translation of divergent XML vocabularies for e-business, Mr. Crawford believes that when ebXML is fully defined the gateways or translators will be built by industry.