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W3C XKMS Workshop B2B Requirements. Mark Curtis, CTO RSG V0.3 19 th July 2001. Agenda. Reuters B2B Overview Dimensions of B2B Commerce XKMS Trust Requirements/Issues Recommendations. Reuters Business Operations. Not just a News Agency Information Company Financial Markets
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W3C XKMS WorkshopB2B Requirements Mark Curtis, CTO RSG V0.3 19th July 2001
Agenda • Reuters B2B Overview • Dimensions of B2B Commerce • XKMS Trust Requirements/Issues • Recommendations
Reuters Business Operations • Not just a News Agency • Information Company • Financial Markets • Corporate Treasurers and Bond Managers • Newspaper, Broadcasters, News Agencies • Transactions • Foreign Exchange Dealing • >50% of world spot fx transactions • Instinet, worlds leading agency broker From knowing to doing • “Fortunately, there is a model for the future shape of B2B: the financial service industry” • Beyond the Exchange: The Future of B2B, Harvard Business Review Nov-Dec 2000
B2B/XKMS Activities • Business Process Integration with Customers • Procurement, payment, service etc
B2B/XKMS Activities • Business Integration with Customers • Procurement, payment, service etc • Information Supply Chain Integration • Digital rights/obligations management
B2B/XKMS Activities • Business Process Integration with Customers • Procurement, payment, service etc • Information Supply Chain Integration • Digital rights/obligations management • Aggregation of Business Venues/Exchanges • Publish offers • Indication of interest (IOI) • Price vs. Value • Trade • Range of different trading models
Aggregation of Business Venues • Registration • Portable registration attributes e.g. FSA money laundering checks • Common authentication framework • View offer in one channel, select the offer and ‘automate’ execution in another e.g. SSO • Internal status of trader • Role, responsibilities • External position status of trader • Credit allocation to particular organisation • Market credit position • Dynamic status services • Dispute Resolution • Who did what, when, and why
What does XKMS give us? • Low tier service • Certificate resolution • In a B2B world we know who we are dealing with-we can already resolve certs • Good to move to standard model • Higher level interface into PKI services • We have already developed these internally • Map our interfaces to those of XKMS • Higher tier services • More consumable application level trust services • Easier to map to business models and requirements
B2B Issues • Operability across multiple domains • User centric key registration service vs. application level centric key registration service • Interoperability between domains • Trust relationship • User defined • Service defined • Business relevant trust attributes • Context of business • Meta data for acceptance
B2B Issues • Service association • Information may be distributed • Third party attribute and service association • Rules for association • Privacy • Conditions for disclosure of information • User defined • Administration
XKMS Adoption • Technical Framework • High level interfaces • SDKs tend to be clunky • Packaging is important • Service integration • Policy Framework • Aligned to business verticals? • Privacy • Standards Framework • XKMS (XKISS,XKRSS, XTASS), SAML, XACML, MPEG21… • ebXML, UDDI, LDAP….
Challenges • Acceptance • Solve problems not just package them • Usability • High level interfaces • Configuration vs. coding • Interoperability • Relevant business context • Architectural consistency • Clearly identified boundaries and relationships between standards
Recommendations • Push ahead with definition of lower tier service levels • Test against real ‘business driven’ scenarios • Outline scope and requirements for the provision of higher tier services • Map out relationships and interfaces to other standard activities operating in this space • Remove confusion, provide focus and prevent duplication
W3C XKMS WorkshopB2B Requirements Mark Curtis, CTO RSG V0.2 11th July 2001