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A framework for promoting interoperability in a global electronic market-space

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dc.contributor.advisor Venter, L.M. (Prof.) en
dc.contributor.author Pather, Maree en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-25T11:04:09Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-25T11:04:09Z
dc.date.issued 2009-08-25T11:04:09Z
dc.date.submitted 2005-06-30 en
dc.identifier.citation Pather, Maree (2009) A framework for promoting interoperability in a global electronic market-space, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2510> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2510
dc.description.abstract The primary contributions to the area of electronic business integration, propounded by this thesis, are (in no particular order): &#61623; A novel examination of global Business-to-Business (B2B) interoperability in terms of a "multiplicity paradox" and of a "global electronic market-space" from a Complex Systems Science perspective. &#61623; A framework for an, integrated, global electronic market-space, which is based on a hierarchical, incremental, minimalist-business-pattern approach. A Web Services-SOA forms the basis of application-to-application integration within the framework. The framework is founded in a comprehensive study of existing technologies, standards and models for secure interoperability and the SOA paradigm. The Complex Systems Science concepts of "predictable structure" and "structural complexity" are used consistently throughout the progressive formulation of the framework. &#61623; A model for a global message handler (including a standards-based message-format) which obviates the common problems implicit in standard SOAP-RPC. It is formulated around the "standardized, common, abstract application interface" critical success factor, deduced from examining existing models. The model can be used in any collaboration context. &#61623; An open standards-based security model for the global message handler. Conceptually, the framework comprises the following: &#61623; An interoperable standardized message format: a standardized SOAP-envelope with standardized attachments (8-bit binary MIME-serialized XOP packages). &#61623; An interoperable standardized message-delivery infrastructure encompassing an RPC-invoked message-handler - a Web service, operating in synchronous and/or asynchronous mode, which relays attachments to service endpoints. &#61623; A business information processing infrastructure comprised of: a standardized generic minimalist-business-pattern (simple buying/selling), comprising global pre-specifications for business processes (for example, placing an order), standardized specific atomic business activities (e.g. completing an order-form), a standardized document-set (including, e.g. an order-form) based on standardized metadata (common nomenclature and common semantics used in XSD's, e.g. the order-form), the standardized corresponding choreography for atomic activities (e.g. acknowledgement of receipt of order-form) and service endpoints (based on standardized programming interfaces and virtual methods with customized implementations). en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (179 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject.ddc 005.71
dc.subject.lcsh Internetworking (Telecommunication)
dc.subject.lcsh Electronic commerce--Computer programs
dc.subject.lcsh Software engineering
dc.subject.lcsh Internet programming
dc.subject.lcsh Simple Object Access Protocol (Computer network protocol)
dc.subject.lcsh ebXML (Document markup language)
dc.subject.lcsh Electronic data interchange
dc.subject.lcsh Web services--Computer programs
dc.subject.lcsh Simple Object Access Protocol (Computer network protocol)
dc.subject.lcsh Electronic data interchange
dc.title A framework for promoting interoperability in a global electronic market-space en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Theoretical Computing en
dc.description.degree PHD (INFORMATION SYSTEMS) en


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