Abstract:
The ebXML initiative is designed for electronic
interoperability, allowing businesses to find each
other, agree to become trading partners and conduct
business. ebXML repository is used to store the
ebXML resources and the ebXML registry is used to
discover these resources. ebXML resources may be in
the form of XML documents, Document Type
Definitions, XML Schemas, UML models and various
other forms. Therefore a proper tool is required for
the management of these resources.
Management of ebXML resources has to be done
by the experts who create and modify and are in
charge of these resources. If there is a tool for the
management of these resources, the experts can
concentrate more on the content of these resources
rather than management of them.
This paper describes the implementation of a
graphical tool for the management of ebXML
resources based on the proposed ebXML
specifications. Two approaches are being used to
discover these resources. Registry Navigator is one,
which is in a tree structure and gives a full view of
the registry. Query Manager is the other, which
enables quick referencing to the resources if the user
is fully aware of what resources are needed. The
documents discovered in this manner are to be
opened in the Editor pane of the tool. This editor
facilitates the creation and modification of
documents easily.
The tool also incorporates capabilities to add
and remove resources through the Life Cycle
Manager. It also has a mechanism, which keeps track
of different versions of the resources, so that the
preferred version can be referred with minimum
effort. Finally, it allows non-expert users to
dynamically access the content of the registry over
the web.
