Next Generation Application Integration: From Simple Information to Web Services

Conformance to ebXML

The ebXML standard, like other standards, is really all about making sure that everyone does things in the same way; thus, there is a need to lay down the law in terms of what it means to be ebXML compliant.

Conformance to ebXML is defined in terms of conformance to the ebXML infrastructure and the technical specifications. The idea is that, if everyone is doing ebXML in the same way, they can exchange information and processes without having to do much extra work. Thus, conformance is defined as conformance to an ebXML system that is comprised of all architectural components of the ebXML infrastructure satisfying the minimum conformance requirements.^[2] This includes functional and interface requirements in the specification, ...