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Yesterday I posted a message to the ebXML-dev listserv on the subject of ebXML adoption. Through a discussion at a recent event and an examination of recent articles in ebXML Forum, it seemed to me that ebXML adoption has been much greater in Asia and Europe than here in the U.S. Alan Kotok responded to me and asked that I send his response to XML-dev. Below please see my original ebXML-dev posting (<OriginalPosting>) followed by Alan's response (<Response>) which addresses - among other aspects - the aspect of ebXML and Web services. <OriginalPosting> Last evening I attended a technology session (Semantic Web) here in the Washington D.C. area, and the discussion drifted briefly toward adoption of ebXML worldwide. Several attendees expressed sentiments that it appears that ebXML (as a whole) is gaining a lot of traction in Europe and Asia, but not here in the US (please note: I am not expressing my view, but rather the view of the attendees). One attendee noted the following 3 recent articles on ebXML Forum: - "Report recommends adoption of ebXML for European public administration networks" - "Two new ebXML applications unveiled in Hong Kong" - "ebXML gains traction in Japan" My questions are: (1) Is this observation valid? (2) If so, what is the projected future direction of ebXML adoption here in the US? Will it increase, decrease, or remain the same? (3) If we were to consider the various "components" of ebXML (business processes, registry, collaboration, etc.) rather than ebXML as a framework, do any components in particular look more promising than others for adoption here in the US? </OriginalPosting> Alan Kotok's response is (copy/pasted from the thread below): <Response> Good observations. There is indeed more noise -- it has long ceased to be a buzz -- about Web services in North America that one probably does not find in Asia or Europe. And you get as a result a prevailing belief in the North American IT community that Web services and ebXML conflict. We need to continue, if not redouble, our communications efforts to show that Web services do not conflict with ebXML ... ebXML is Web services. In some respects, however, it is also a structural problem. In Europe and Asia, you have more leadership from quasi-official industry groups who can make top-down endorsements of ebXML (e.g. IDA in Europe) and sponsor implementation exercises (ebXML Asia and its affiliates). In the U.S. at least, we have fewer institutions performing the same kind of functions. Thus, every press release tends to get equal weight in the IT media mix. And, as a result, the list of impressive ebXML implementations that Farrukh mentions gets lost in the noise. Alan Kotok AlanKotok@c... http://www.technewslit.com/ Author: Handbook of EDI, 2003 edition (Thompson/RIA, Fall 2003) Editor, ebXML Forum, http://www.ebxmlforum.org/ </Response> Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton --- Begin Message --- begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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