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Andy MoirDirector, Business Development

Drake Certivo

Supporting Interoperability Through Conformance & Testing Programs

HR-XML Conference 10.21.2003

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Agenda

Introduction B2B Realities Conformance and Interoperability Drake Certivo Experience HR-XML Success Factors for a Conformance & Interoperability

Program

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B2B Realities

Two trading partners are using the same “standard,” but can’t interoperate.

Partner education & training absorbs key implementation resources

Downturn in economy means less resources to meet same objectives

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B2B Realities

Entry cost to support one or multiple B2B standards Testing/implementation costs

• Time• Resources• Delay costs • Parallel system costs

Difficulties in integration with legacy applications• Gaps in standards• Gaps in legacy systems

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Conformance and Interoperability

ConformanceDoes an application’s implementation of the specification conform

to all specification requirements Interoperability

Can applications from various vendors whose products implement the standard(s) support the specification’s interchange of documents and data between applications

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Validating Conformance and Interoperability

Acord• Global Insurance Standards• www.acord.org/Services/certification.aspx• Conformance Testing

EDIINT (AS2)• Transport protocol for EDI over the internet• Primary push has been from retail (Wal-Mart) • Interoperability Testing sponsored by UCC

HIPAA (EDI)• Healthcare• www.claredi.com• Conformance Testing

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Validating Conformance and Interoperability

HR-XML • Human Resources• www.hrcertify.org• Conformance Testing (self-certification)

OASIS (ebXML)• Cross-Industry • www.oasis.org• Interoperability Testing

Open Applications Group (OAGi)• Automotive, Aerospace, Hi-Tech, etc.• www.openapplicationsgroup.org• Conformance Testing

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Validating Conformance & Interoperability

RosettaNet• High-Tech• www.rosettanet.org/ready• www.rosettanet.org/interoperability• Interoperability & Conformance Testing

Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I)• Cross-Industry• www.ws-i.org• Conformance Testing (Self-Certification)

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Levels of Conformance

Solution Conformance Levels   Transport  Syntax / form / structure  Content/payload  Process/scenario Solution to solution interoperability

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Transport (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP)

Payload

Includes the information necessary to complete aninteraction within a businessprocess.

HR-XML focuses on specifications for message payload, but aims to provide context and guidance to enable the entire exchange.

Protocol (e.g. XP, SOAP)

Framework (e.g. ebXML, BizTalk)

Payload (e.g. JobPositionSeeker)

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Interoperability – A Definition

Interoperability. . . interoperability is the primary prerequisite

for integration …in reality, interoperability cannot be insured by implementing standards alone. *

*WS-I: Providing Tangible Business Benefits Through Web Services Interoperability, ZapThink

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Interoperability Challenges

Optionally and flexibility in standards Variable and incompatible interpretations of standards Insufficient understanding of the interactions among

specifications Industry specific data content issues

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Benefits of Interoperability

Enterprise• Reduces effort, expense, and pain of integration• Increases choice of vendors and solutions• Reduces time-to-market for deployments and allows faster adoption• Helps make technology transparent to end users• Provides a forum for dialogue in raising critical implementation issues• Ability to add incremental partners enables a company to scale

beyond initial point to point connections• Allows companies to focus on the business process improvements,

not the connectivity or technology

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Benefits of Interoperability

Vendors• Reduces cost and complexity for creating solutions• Increases opportunity through increased market for compliant solutions• Reduces time-to-market for solutions• Increases credibility and visibility among customers and prospects due to

proven support for established standards and reduces “vaporware”• Enables vendors to identify and resolve bugs prior to general release of

product to customers Consortium

• Feedback from testing improves quality of specifications and resolves ambiguities

• Revenue source• Consortium brand control and member awareness

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About Drake Certivo

Drake Certivo provides products and services that accelerate eBusiness standards adoption and improve implementation effectiveness for the global supply chain.

Drake Certivo Corporate Facts Drake Certivo was founded in 2000 and is based in Newport Beach, California http://www.certivo.net

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About Drake Certivo

Partnerships / working relationships• NIST• OAGi• OASIS• RosettaNet • UCC

Memberships • RosettaNet, OASIS, UCC, OAGi, CompTIA/EIDX, AIAG, and

others

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About Drake Certivo

Conformance Interoperability Testing Solutions Professional Services Education

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Testing Services

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Drake Certivo Experience

Solution Conformance Programs• RosettaNet Ready™ www.rosettanet.org/ready• OAGi Ready www.openapplications.org/ready• Other programs in development

Interoperability• RosettaNet Interoperability Program

www.rosettanet.org/interoperability• Other programs in development

Implementation Testing for Supply Chain• Jump Start Solution Suite (multi-standard support)

Professional Services Education

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Badge denotes that a software solution has been tested and deemed compliant with RNIF v2.0.

Badge denotes that a software solution has been tested and deemed compliant with one or several PIPs®.

Badge denotes that a software solution has been tested and deemed compliant with both the RNIF v2.0 and one (or several) PIPs.

RosettaNet Ready ™ Program

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RosettaNet Ready™ Program

Badges to Date eBizprise – RNIF 2.0 Gridnode – 4C1 Inovis – RNIF 2.0 Sterling Commerce – 5C1 webMethods – RNIF 2.0 More in process…

2003 Subscribers CubicThink eBizprise Global eXchange Services Hitatchi Microsoft Sterling Commerce TIBCO Software More in process…

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OAGi Ready Badges

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RosettaNet Interoperability Participants

Cyclone Commerce Fujitsu Limited GridNode Global eXchange Services

(GXS) iSoft

Oracle Sterling Commerce TIBCO Software Vitria webMethods

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Implementation Testing

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NIST-OAGi Test BedAutomotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)

IV&I POCTeam

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OAGiArchitecture

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IV&I Test Team

• Sets goals & objectives• Manages schedule• Monitors test results

• Test architecture and framework development

• Formalize test requirements and test cases

• Works w/Solution Providers to establish test plan’

• Provides B2B testing/monitoring support

• Participates in POC testing• Harvests experience to

validate DC tools/procedures for conformance testing

• Runs OAGIS Testing and Certification Process

• Monitors POC testing• Maintains architectural

consistency w/OAGIS• Consults w/Vendors as needed• Puts BODs through OAGI

release process

OAGi/NISTB2B TestBed

• Liaison to IV&I POC Team • Reports results and lessons learned

to IV&I POC Team• Coordinating test activities

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Transport (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SMTP)

Payload

Includes the information necessary to complete aninteraction within a businessprocess.

HR-XML focuses on specifications for message payload, but aims to provide context and guidance to enable the entire exchange.

Protocol (e.g. XP, SOAP)

Framework (e.g. ebXML, BizTalk)

Payload (e.g. JobPositionSeeker)

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Compliance: Lessons Learned

Strong industry support is required Standards organization should query members (supply

chain and solution providers) to understand the implementation pain points

Solution providers should be involved in defining the process

Program must be driven by supply chain Supply chain members must demand certification in

requests for pricing (RFP)

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Formula for a Successful Program

Determine what to test/certify Identify program goals Enlist supply chain support Obtain Solution Providers’ buy-in early in program Create Program Team Documentation Marketing Sales Technology Structured Feedback into specification

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Thank you

To contact Drake Certivo:

www.certivo.net

Andy MoirDirector, Business Developmentamoir@certivo.net412-492-8705

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BACKUP SLIDES

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Market Trend – EDI to XML

Intel readies EDI Retirement Santa Clara, Calif.--Intel said it will replace EDI with RosettaNet standards by 2006, making it the first company to publicly commit to retiring electronic data interchange.

The chip maker also said it has reached a RosettaNet milestone: By year-end, Intel will be swapping data in RosettaNet's XML formats over the Internet with 50 trading partners. Intel could save as much as 2 percent of revenue, or roughly $564 million, annually by tuning its supply chain with Internet technology, estimated Vernon Keenan, founder of analyst firm Keenan Vision. That includes the move away from EDI.

http://www.internetweek.com/story/INW20011217S0001

Source: INTERNETWEEK.com, December 2001

Dell to migrate 100% of suppliers to RosettaNet standard

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Publishing the specification is not enough . . .

Successful standards have recognized the need for a variety of conformance and interoperability testing programs to help drive adoption: Partner to partner Self test options Web service (hosted by standards body) Third party hosted

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Why test conformanceStandards body Solution Provider 2Solution Provider 1

Publishspecification

Analystinterprets

specification

Functionalspec

Technical spec

Programmerscreate

modules

FunctionalSpec

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Developmentoutsourced

Interoperable?Customer AImplementssolution 2

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Integrated witheBusiness

solution

Productreleased

Development

QA(no check of

standard spec)

QA(no check of

standard bodyspec)

Conformance ?

Conformance ?

Productreleased

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RosettaNet Ready™ Program

Program Overview• Primarily aimed at software solution providers• Badge vendor compliance to RNIF 2.0 and/or PIP®• Badge specific to major software version release• Volume badging available with annual subscription

pricing• Program supported by all three RosettaNet Supply

Chain Boards (November 2002 Letter to Solution Providers)

• www.rosettanet.org/ready

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RosettaNet Interoperability Program

Program administered by Drake Certivo, an independent third party, on behalf of RosettaNet Consortium

Test Results: www.rosettanet.org/interoperability