A review of XML-based supply-chain integration

Abstract

Several initiatives support supply-chain integration by using Extensible Markup Language (XML). We study the main XML technologies to accomplish the integration. The basic XML technologies enable straightforward exchange of data as XML documents between the trading partners in a supply chain. We clarify the motivation to standardize the use of XML technologies in e-Business frameworks. We have analysed 23 e-Business frameworks to identify their basic features and to categorize them. A comparison is made between eight important frameworks. The paper also discusses experiences from XML-based supply-chain integration. The existing experiences are limited and comparison with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is not simple. A shared understanding of business documents and business processes is necessary for supply-chain integration, and XML technologies alone do not solve all these issues.

An Optimization Approach for Semantic-based XML Schema Matching

“…According to algorithm OMBM () in Fig. 5, the optimal matching result can be obtained by following the traces to reach the first entity A [3,4]. As highlighted in Table II, the entities used to calculate A [3,4] are A [3,4], A [2,3], A [1,2], and A [1,1].…”

“…5, the optimal matching result can be obtained by following the traces to reach the first entity A [3,4]. As highlighted in Table II, the entities used to calculate A [3,4] are A [3,4], A [2,3], A [1,2], and A [1,1]. Then, the entities added their similarity scores are selected as matching: A [3,4], A [2,3], and A [1,1], which lead to the optimal matching {( , ),…”

Quality of semantic standards

“…The main characteristic of horizontal semantic standards is that they can be used by various industries and sectors and is thus cross-sector oriented. Examples of horizontal, or cross-industry frameworks are for example cXML, OAGIS and xCBL (Nurmilaakso & Kotinurmi, 2004). Other important horizontal standards include UBL, GS1 XML and ebXML.…”

“…An XML document can be validated against an XML schema (XSD) that is included or referenced from the XML document. XML Schema Definition Language is an XML language for describing the valid structure of XML documents (Nurmilaakso & Kotinurmi, 2004 (Kreger, 2003), on the other hand these standards are the fundament for the development of IOS and semantic standards.…”

“…The XML (eXtensible Markup Language) 1.0 specification was introduced in 1998 by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and was designed to improve the functionality of the Internet by providing flexible information structuring (Nurmilaakso & Kotinurmi, 2004). An XML document can be validated against an XML schema (XSD) that is included or referenced from the XML document.…”