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Appendix B. Technical Summary

These are the results of the STAR Transport Requirements meeting held in Chicago. Some of the specifications and technologies referred to in the Response columns are obsolete or have been superseded by more recent specifications.

Technical Summary May 15, 2003

Reliable Messages

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

 

 

 

Now

3-5 years

Delivery Assurance

At-Least-Once

WS-Reliable Messaging

ebXML/ebMS v2.0

ebXML+ebms/ws-reliability

Delivery Assurance

At Most Once

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Delivery Assurance

Best-Effort

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Delivery Assurance

Guaranteed Delivery of Messages

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Delivery Assurance

Message Routing

WS-Routing

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Delivery Assurance

Receipt Confirmation

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Error Handling

Retry

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Error Handling

Recovery Processes/Message Store

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Error Handling

Time-Out

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Error Handling

Duplicate Detection

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Message Integrity

Acknowledgement

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Message Integrity

Content Integrity

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Message Integrity

Message Sequencing

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Message Integrity

TimeToLive

WS-Reliable Messaging

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Third party interactionn

Message Routing

WS-Routing

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Guaranteed Delivery of in-order Messages

WS-Reliable Messaging

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ebXML+ebms/ws-reliability

 Message Security(SOAP)

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

 

EbMS V2.0 / Not Implement

WS-Security 2004 donated by IBM, Microsoft, Verisign was donated to  OASIS results of the WS-Security 2004 completion – Expected 6-8 Months for completion

Business Authenticationion

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

EbXML/MS 2.0 security components will be supported for WS-Security 2004

Party Authentication

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

XMLDsig

Privacy/Confidentialityy

Encryption

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

XML Encryption

Source and Target Authentication

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

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Source Only Authenticationcation

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

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System Authenticationon

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

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Unique Party Identityy

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

Not use a proprietary solution via the selection of a specific tool.

SAML

 Infrastructure Security

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

  

Use a PKI infrastructure https/SSL/Digital Certs/Digital Signatures

(CHANNEL)

Business Authenticationion

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

SSL + Digital Signatures

Extend the tactical messaging infrastructures developed by OASIS WSS-TC by augmenting with the final standards around message level security.

Party Authentication

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

SSL + Digital Signatures

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Privacy /Confidentialityy

Encryption

WS-Security 2004

SSL

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Source and Target Authentication

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

SSL + Digital Signatures

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Source Only Authentication

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

SSL + Digital Signatures

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System Authentication

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

SSL + Digital Signatures

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Unique Party Identity

Digital Certificates, Digital Signature, User/pass

WS-Security 2004

SSL + Digital Signatures

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Auditing

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Non-Repudiation

Digital Signatures

Signing and Logging on all sides

ebMS V2.0  

ebMS V2.0  

Logging

Age Archiving

Implementation

ebMS V2.0  

ebMS V2.0  

Time Stamping

Time Service

NTP, UTC, GMT

ebMS V2.0

ebMS V2.0

Logging

Standard Logger Audit Format

Implementation

ebMS V2.0

ebMS V2.0

Non-Repudiation

Encryption

Signature

ebMS V2.0

ebMS V2.0

Interoperability

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Expose Interpretability Requirements

Centralized Management and Creation

Agreed Schema follow WS-Policy where required

EbXML Registry and Repository 2.0

EbXML Registry and Repository 2.0

Expose Interpretability Requirements

Collaboration Agreementt

Agreed Schema follow WS-Policy where required

EBXML CPP/A 2.0

EBXML CPP/A 2.0 + enhanced support  for any finalized WS-Profile Standards

Transport Lifecycle Management

Version Control

UDDI

EbXML CPP/A 2.0

EbXML CPP/A 2.0

Mitigate Risk

Certification and Testing

WS-I

Six different global test beds, NIST-OAG, ebXML.org, , Korbit Certification organizations like Drummond, Drake

Same as Tactical plus NIST for certifications.

Platform Independent

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By Default

 

 

Programming Language Neutral

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By Default

XML +

XML +

Support multiple content types

Content Encoding

XML tag

Soap with attachments and MIME support – attachments with MIME content description

Soap with attachments and MIME support – attachments with MIME content description

Content Opacity

Tiered Content

out of tactical scope

ebMS provides full support for soap with attachments.

ebMS provides full support for soap with attachments.

Expose Interpretability Requirements

Standard Set of Attributees

out of tactical scope

EBXML CPP/A 2.0

EBXML CPP/A 2.0

Performance

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Minimize Bandwidth Costs

Compression

Http 1.1 for content encoding

Mime Attachments

Same

SLA Reporting

Quality Of Service Tags

 

ebXML CPP/A 2.0

Same

Scalability

Asynchronous/Synchronous Management

Implementation

User definable

Same

Scalability

Stateless Server Architecture

Implementation

User definable

Same

Scalability

Load Balancing

Implementation

User definable

Same

Priority Support

Channel Management

Implicit prioritization, Reliable  Headers

3rd Party Provider

Adopt standards when available

Priority Support

Quality Of Service Tags

Reliable Message Headers

3rd Party Provider

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Message Management

Monitoring

Implementation

3rd Party Provider

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Message Management

Authenticated Receipting

Implementation

3rd Party Provider

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Message Management

Audit Trail

Implementation

3rd Party Provider

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Message Management

Tracing

Implementation

3rd Party Provider

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Management

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Administration

Tracing

Implementation

ebMS V2.0

Adopt standards when available

Administration

Monitoring

Implementation

ebMS V2.0

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Administration

Administration

Implementation

??

??

Diagnostics

Instrumentation, Heartbeateat

Implementation

User definable  

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Diagnostics

Heartbeat, Ping/Pong

Implementation

EbMS V2.0 Service

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Collaboration 

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Large Message Handling

Chunking

Implementation

Application Layer

Adopt standards when available

Bi-directional Messaging

Peer Relationship, event-driven

Handled by Default

ebMS V2.0

ebMS +  

Delayed Response

Asynchronous

Yes

ebMS V2.0

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Immediate Response

synchronous

Yes

 

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Large Message Handling

Compression

See Earlier Answer

Mime Attachments

Mime Attachments

Large Message Handling

File Transfer Management

??

ebMS V2.0/ftp

ebMS +  

Long Running Transactions

Asynchronous

Out of the Tactical Scope, Process

ebMS V2.0 Sync

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Message Ordering

Message Sequencing

Reliable Messaging

ebMS V2.0

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Pull Message

Request Response

Yes

ebMS V2.0

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Push Message

Client Push

Yes

ebMS V2.0

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Non-Immediate Reponses

Asynchronous

Yes

Mime Attachments

Mime Attachments

Non-Immediate Reponses

TimeToLive

SW-RM

ebMS V2.0

ebMS +  

Parallel Operations

Asynchronous

Yes

Parallel operations

ebMS V2.0

Wait-for-Response

synchronous

WS-RM

ebMS V2.0

ebMS +  

Support Conversational State

State Management and Mobilization

Implementation Specific potential RS Reliability, WS-Secure conversation

ebMS V2.0

ebMS +  

Cost Effective 

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

 

Standards Based

WS

Use standards rather then proprietary tools

Use standards rather then proprietary tools

 

Declarative Specifications

Yes

EBXML CPP/A 2.0

EBXML CPP/A 2.1

 

Light Weight Deployment and Operations Option

Does not Need to Be Third Party

FreebXML.org can also select ebXML modules to customize the B2B requirements

Adopt standards when available

Market Centricity

Spectrum of Supplier Solutions

Anyone Can Do This

31 existing ebMS vendor implementations 14 certified through Drummond and 7 additional certs through Drake  (page 26)

List continues to grow

 

Multi-Implementation, Multi Platform

Supported by Java and .Net

All

All

 

Reusable Components and Architecture

Yes

 

 

 Schedule

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

 

 

 

 

 

Set Date

 

N/A

 

 

Roadmap

 

N/A

 

 

Internet Connectivity

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Fully Connected

Static IP

Subscriber or Provider

ebMS V2.0/https

ebMS V2.0/https

Fully Connected

Dynamic IP

Subscriber or Provider

EbMS V2.0/SMTP

Dial Up

Intermittently Connectedd

Subscriber or Provider

EbMS V2.0/SMTP

Name-based Addresss

DNS IP Resolution

Both

ebMS V2.0/https

Fully Connected

VPN

Optional

ebMS V2.0/https

Broad Reach

Network Protocol

Default

ebMS V2.0/ (HTTPS, SMTP, FTP,)

 Global

 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Standard Date and Time

Normalize to GMT

Implementation  

User definable

Adopt standards when available

Time Synchronization

Time Services

NTP.

User definable

Internationalization

I18N, UNICODE

Content Encoding

User definable

 Directory/Registry

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

Service Transparency

Registry

UDDI

Registry Repository Version 2.0

New release of Registry  Repository

General Guidelines 

Web Services Response

ebXML Response Tactical

ebXML Response Strategic

 

 

 

Focus on Building Interoperable Solutions

Same

 

 

 

Select Standards Based on approved OASIS Standards

Same

 

 

 

Select Standards Based on areas of automotive and other verticals and other geography

Same

   

Select ebXML today with expectation that standards will merge over time

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