Himagiri (Hima) Mukkamala
Web Services Architect,
Sybase e-Business Division

Bio
• Web Services Architect for Sybase e-
Business Division
• Co-author for ebXML CPPA 2.0 specification
• Co-author for ebXML BPSS 2.0 specification
• Specification Co-lead for JSR 157 – Java
APIs for ebXML CPPA
• Sybase’s representative to W3C Web
Services Architecture WG

Web Services – Classification
• Two categories based on usage patterns
– Simple
– Collaborative Web Services

Simple Web Services
• Basic Web Services.
– Stock Quote Service, etc.
• Either RPC or Document style
• Commonly implemented using SOAP, WSDL &
UDDI on a J2EE ™ AppServer.
• Doesn’t provide Business Process
Collaboration capabilities natively.
• Lacks Trading Partner Agreement, State information

Simple Web Services
Web Services
Provider
Request
Internet
Response
Web Services
Provider
J2EE™
AppServer
SOAP
Messages .NET

Collaborative Web Services
• Complex Web Services.
• Either RPC or Document style
• Commonly layered on industry standards like ebXML,
RosettaNet™, etc.
• Business Process Collaboration over the Internet.
• Enables Trading Partners to take part in complex business processes.
•
Provide common services like Exceptions, Security,
Non-Repudiation, Notification of Failure, etc.
• Larger infrastructure requirements.

Collaborative Web
Services(Cont’d)
Trading Partner
Management
Request
B2B
Application
BPM
Response
Internet
Response
Request
B2B
Application
BPM
J2EE™
AppServer
Collaboration
.NET ™

ebXML & Collaborative WS
Core Comp
Management
Request
B2B
Application
BPM
Response
Internet
Response
Request
B2B
Application
MSH BPM
J2EE™
AppServer .NET ™

Business Process Integration
• Integrating disparate business processes within and outside the enterprise
• Ability to describe business processes in a platform/vendor neutral format
• Web Services to integrate diverse architectures and implementations
• Different requirements based on integration boundaries .
• Business processes could be a choreography of Web Services

Business Process Integration (Cont’d)
• Within the enterprise, different systems have to be tied together.
• Performance and simplicity becomes a big factor
• Automating integration across extended value chain can be delivered using Web Services.
•
Integration across enterprise can start with simple interactions.
• Eventually, for Business Process Integration spanning multiple enterprises, Web Services Integration
Architectures have to possess certain functionalities.

Business Process Integration (Cont’d)
• Some of the functionality include
– Choreography
– Transactionality
– Security
– Managebility, etc.
• These features will let enterprises have flexibility in integrating business partners
• Results in automated business collaborations in a standardized format??

Business Process Integration (Cont’d)
Portal Interface Data Storage
Business Process
Engine
Analysis/Monitoring
Application Server
Web Services Business Platform
Adapters
Public Process Integration
Transformation/
Routing

Key Elements of an ebXML
Solution
• Modeling tools for BPSS
• GUI tools for CPPA creation
• Standards adherence
• Proven interoperability with solutions from other vendors
• Security enhancements like S/MIME
• Scalability and High Availability
• Integration with security infrastructure
• Business Process Management layer

Business Process Integration
Solution (Beyond ebXML)
• Adapters to EIS systems like SAP to get to internal processes
• Monitoring capabilities to analyze/evaluate business processes – internal & external
• Application Server functionality like J2EE compliance.
• Portal solutions for human interaction across business processes

Sybase ebXML Solution
• Business Process Integrator (BPI) Suite
– A comprehensive, modular integration solution for the value chain
– ebXML and RosettaNet support
– Business process management (public & private)
– Business activity monitoring (fat or thin client)
– Integration to legacy applications
• EDI (X12, EDIFACT, HL7)
• SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, etc.
• OS/390 – CICS & IMS
• Many others

BPI Suite for ebXML
• Web Services Integrator
– ebXML MSH and CPPA support
– Tools for CPP and CPA creation and modification.
– UCC (Drummond) certified for ebMS 2.0 interoperability with 3 other vendors.
–
Messaging implementation has been open-sourced and is available for public download at www.sybase.com/developer
• PowerDesigner
–
Design-time BPSS support
– UML Modeling.
• Process Server
– Run-time ebXML BPSS support
– Additional support for private business processes

BPI Suite for ebXML(Cont’d)
• BizTracker
– Monitor status of private or public business processes
– Real-time transformation of raw data into meaningful business metrics (real-time BI)
• e-Biz Integrator
– Message routing
– Data transformation
• Enterprise Application Server
– J2EE1.3 compliant
– Execute CORBA/COM/Java components

ebXML Specifications
• ebMS 2.0 & MSH 1.0
• BPSS 1.01
• CPPA 1.0 & CPPA 2.0
• REGREP using JAXR

Car Parts International
• Car Parts International uses the Sybase
Business Process Integrator (BPI) Suite to:
– Integrate all key touch points in the extended value chain: customers, employees, and business partners in value chain.
– Provide valuable services to their customers streamlines integration with existing systems
– Automate business processes in an extended enterprise.
– Streamline integration with existing systems
– Bring news systems on-line

Car Parts International Business
Problem
Call Center
Car Parts
International
Orders
Internet
• Competitive market place
Car Parts
Manufacturer
• New channels of delivery needed for customers
• Operation systems can’t connect to web applications
• Paper intensive manual process
• Difficulty bringing new systems on-line quickly

Business Process
Business Process Engine
Start
Validate Client
Account
Y
Exists
N
Check Credit
Good
Y
Open
Account
N
Send
Denial
Submit Order
End
External
Customer
Verification
Service

Submit Order
Car Parts Manufacturer
OrderReservationRequest
Car Parts
International
OrderReservationResponse
Sybase Adapter for
SAP R/3
Public Process
Interface
OrderRequest
OrderConfirmation
Public
Collaboration

The Systems
EAServer
J2EE 1.3 Compliant
Car Parts
International
Process Server
Sybase Adapter for SAP R/3
SAP R/3 System
Sybase Adapter for Siebel e-Biz
Integrator
Web Services
Integrator BizTracker Siebel System
Credit Approval System

Public Business Process – Submit
Order
• “Submit Order” is business process integration across enterprise
• This is a two business transaction collaboration
• “Car Parts International” will send a “Order
Reservation Request” for a particular part ordered by a customer
• “Car Parts Manufacturer” will send a “Order
Reservation Response”
• “Car Parts International” will send a “Order Request”
• “Car Parts Manufacturer” will send a “Order
Confirmation”
• SAP System on the “Car Parts Manufacturer” side will register the order, once PO is received and PO
Response is sent.

Description of B2B Collaboration using ebXML
• Roles – Seller, Buyer
• Transactions – Order Reservation Request,
Purchase Order
• Business Documents
– Order Reservation Request, Order Reservation
Response
– PO Request, PO Confirmation
• Protocol – HTTP
• XMLDSIG for Non-Repudiation
• SSL for Authentication
• Documents and Capabilities published for Trading
Partner access

Scenario Mapped to ebXML
• Business Documents – Order Reservation Request,
Order Reservation Response, PO, PO Confirmation
– Set of Core Components
• Collaboration Description for Purchasing Service
Business Process - BPSS
• Definition of transport, enveloping, security characteristics, etc. - CPA
• Publishing of Document definitions and capabilities
- REGREP
• Runtime exchange of messages over HTTP – MSH

Sequence of Operations
1.
Model the Business Collaboration.
2.
Create a BPSS instance document for the collaboration.
3.
Choose the Business Documents to take part in the collaboration.
4.
Decide on message exchange characteristics
5.
Create a CPP for the business process capturing the characteristics decided.
6.
Publish the BPSS instance, CPP and the
Business Documents to registry under particular category

Sequence of Operations (Cont’d)
7.
Trading Partner would query the registry for a particular category.
8.
A particular matching partners’ BPSS, CPP and other necessary information are retrieved from the registry.
9.
Would create a CPP to match up with their characteristics.
10.
Negotiate with the partner chosen to come up with a CPA.
11.
Initiate the collaboration by invoking the Business
Service Interface provided.

Collaboration Design and Runtime
Business
Process
Model
Business
Document
Core
Components
BPSS
CPP CPP
Trading Partner
Registry/
Repository
CPA
Transport &
Packaging
Trading Partner

Infrastructure
Design
Document
Repository
CPA
Merge Tool
CPA
Negotiation
CPP
Designer
BP Modeling
Tool
Registry
Browser
Runtime
BSI
REGREP API
CPPA API
MSH API
App Server

Summary
• Things to look for in a Vendors’ offering
– Tools, Tools, Tools………
– GUI tools for CPP/A creation
– Modeling tools for BPSS
– Standards adherence
– Security enhancements like S/MIME
– Scalability and High Availability
– Integration capabilities.
– Business Process Management within and across enterprise.

Information
• www.sybase.com/products – Information about Sybase’s BPI Suite
• www.sybase.com/developer - Information about Sybase’s opensource ebXML
Messaging implementation.