e-Business Semantics – standards for SMEs Amsterdam , June 2009

1. e-Business Semantics – standards for SMEsAmsterdam, June 2009 Kevin Ginty Centre for Internet Technologies kevin.ginty@sunderland.ac.uk http://www.cit.sunderland.ac.uk

2. European Standards • CEN/ISSS • eBusiness Board for European Standardisation (eBES) workshop • Standards in competitor markets • EDI and ebXML • Future for eBusiness standards

3. eBES • European focus for EDI • European entry point for UN/CEFACT • European entry point for ebXML • Structure of expert groups • Supply Chain, Customs, Construction, Healthcare, Banking, eGovernment, Agriculture

4. CEN/ISSS workshops • Financial services • banking software (Java and Microsoft) • e-Business • eBES • eInvoicing • Business Interoperability Initiative (BII) • eTourism • Cyber-identity • eHealth • Interoperability – European Health Insurance Card

5. CEN/ISSS workshops (2) • eLearning & Skills • ICT Skills • Learning Technologies • Public services • Data protection & privacy • Discovery of Access to eGovernment resources • Open XML interchange format for legal documents

6. Competitor Markets • Standardisation work active in Asia, and the USA • Some governments financing large scale work • European Agenda needs to be represented

7. EDI and ebXML • EDI will continue to be important for some years yet • ebXML has the backing of the EDI world (UN/CEFACT and OASIS) • ebXML gradually evolving into a useful set of standards

8. Future • Work closely with UN/CEFACT and OASIS • Collaborate to achieve a globally applicable ebXML • Ensure a proper European place in the global market

9. How can SMEs get involved? • CEN has set up a new Focus Group eSMEs • http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/businessdomains/businessdomains/isss/activity/fg-esmes.asp • European e-Business Support Network • http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/e-bsn/about/ebsn/index_en.html

10. Thank you! Kevin Ginty Centre for Internet Technologies kevin.ginty@sunderland.ac.uk http://www.cit.sunderland.ac.uk