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The project, which is called Project Phoenix, aims to facilitate the adoption of e-commerce in Hong Kong to enhance Hong Kong and the region's competitiveness. It has also received HK$1.2 million worth of industrial sponsorship from E1 Media Technology Limited, IBM China/Hong Kong Limited, and Saggio (Asia Pacific) Company Limited. The R&D team has started intense development work on a local e-commerce software infrastructure and is carrying out pilot projects with industry and government partners in Hong Kong, based on the international ebXML standard.
In addition to the above industrial sponsors, other project collaborators include Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, MTR Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited, Hong Kong Article Numbering Association and various Government departments.
Under Project Phoenix, CECID will build the essential technology components in the ebXML architecture and intends to make them available to the world as open-source software. For instance, CECID has joined renowned technology firms, such as Sun Microsystems in the United States, to develop an ebXML Registry (Version 2) server, which is a core ebXML technology. This is the first implementation of the Registry Specifications Version 2 and is recognized as the reference implementation for further Registry development worldwide. As a major contributor, CECID is chosen to host the international test site for the software.
Besides implementing ebXML technology components, CECID also carries out research and development work on innovative e-commerce applications to facilitate ebXML deployment in Hong Kong and China. For example, ebMail is designed as a low-cost, easy-to-use, and practical application for SMEs to conduct e-commerce activities through e-mail using the ebXML protocol.
With enthusiastic industry support, CECID is supporting three pilot projects to demonstrate the feasibility and added values of ebXML applications. MTR Corporation and Saggio Company are piloting the use of ebXML for exchange of purchasing documents in automating transaction processing in office supplies procurement.
To be in line with Hong Kong Government's Digital 21 Strategy, CECID collaborates with the Department of Health, the Marine Department, and the Information and Technology Services Department in the Government in two other business-to-government projects. CECID is developing an ebMail prototype for companies to apply to the Department of Health for import and export licenses of pharmaceutical products. In the area of transportation and logistics, CECID is developing an ebXML solution for the Marine Department to receive Dangerous Goods Manifests in XML form from shipping agents.
These pilot projects will eliminate or reduce the needs of human intervention and manual data re-entry, bringing about immediate cost saving and productivity gain, better data accuracy and security.
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Polo Leung of HKU's External Relations Office at 2859 2600.
June 6, 2002
What is ebXML?
ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language), is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet. Using ebXML, companies now have a standard method to exchange business messages, establish trading relationships, communicate data in common terms and define and register business processes.
Up until now, the technology available for most businesses to exchange data was electronic data interchange or EDI, which has made significant contributions to productivity and inventory control. Many companies, however, find EDI expensive and difficult to implement. ebXML, using the economies of scale presented by the Internet, breaks through these obstacles. Complementing EDI, ebXML is envisioned to create a level playing field for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) to allow them to participate and benefit from e-commerce activities. Meanwhile, large enterprises can expand their networks of partners, suppliers and customers beyond EDI users.
The conventions established by ebXML are available publicly. These conventions encourage software developers to build packaged applications based on the common structure and syntax of ebXML messages and dramatically lower the cost of exchanging business data.
ebXML is co-developed by the UN/CEFACT and OASIS. UN/CEFACT is the United Nations standards body who defined the EDIFACT EDI standard. OASIS is an international consortium of more than 200 technology firms formed to create interoperable software specifications. ebXML has gained the international acceptance to be a unified e-commerce standard.
HKU AWARDED INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY FUND TO DEVELOP E-COMMERCE SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE
06 Jun 2002
The Center for E-commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID) of HKU's Department of Computer Science and Information Systems has been awarded a funding of HK$9.54 million from the Innovation and Technology Commission for an R&D project on the Establishment of an ebXML Software Infrastructure in Hong Kong.
The project, which is called Project Phoenix, aims to facilitate the adoption of e-commerce in Hong Kong to enhance Hong Kong and the region's competitiveness. It has also received HK$1.2 million worth of industrial sponsorship from E1 Media Technology Limited, IBM China/Hong Kong Limited, and Saggio (Asia Pacific) Company Limited. The R&D team has started intense development work on a local e-commerce software infrastructure and is carrying out pilot projects with industry and government partners in Hong Kong, based on the international ebXML standard.
In addition to the above industrial sponsors, other project collaborators include Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, MTR Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited, Hong Kong Article Numbering Association and various Government departments.
Under Project Phoenix, CECID will build the essential technology components in the ebXML architecture and intends to make them available to the world as open-source software. For instance, CECID has joined renowned technology firms, such as Sun Microsystems in the United States, to develop an ebXML Registry (Version 2) server, which is a core ebXML technology. This is the first implementation of the Registry Specifications Version 2 and is recognized as the reference implementation for further Registry development worldwide. As a major contributor, CECID is chosen to host the international test site for the software.
Besides implementing ebXML technology components, CECID also carries out research and development work on innovative e-commerce applications to facilitate ebXML deployment in Hong Kong and China. For example, ebMail is designed as a low-cost, easy-to-use, and practical application for SMEs to conduct e-commerce activities through e-mail using the ebXML protocol.
With enthusiastic industry support, CECID is supporting three pilot projects to demonstrate the feasibility and added values of ebXML applications. MTR Corporation and Saggio Company are piloting the use of ebXML for exchange of purchasing documents in automating transaction processing in office supplies procurement.
To be in line with Hong Kong Government's Digital 21 Strategy, CECID collaborates with the Department of Health, the Marine Department, and the Information and Technology Services Department in the Government in two other business-to-government projects. CECID is developing an ebMail prototype for companies to apply to the Department of Health for import and export licenses of pharmaceutical products. In the area of transportation and logistics, CECID is developing an ebXML solution for the Marine Department to receive Dangerous Goods Manifests in XML form from shipping agents.
These pilot projects will eliminate or reduce the needs of human intervention and manual data re-entry, bringing about immediate cost saving and productivity gain, better data accuracy and security.
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Polo Leung of HKU's External Relations Office at 2859 2600.
June 6, 2002
What is ebXML?
ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language), is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet. Using ebXML, companies now have a standard method to exchange business messages, establish trading relationships, communicate data in common terms and define and register business processes.
Up until now, the technology available for most businesses to exchange data was electronic data interchange or EDI, which has made significant contributions to productivity and inventory control. Many companies, however, find EDI expensive and difficult to implement. ebXML, using the economies of scale presented by the Internet, breaks through these obstacles. Complementing EDI, ebXML is envisioned to create a level playing field for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) to allow them to participate and benefit from e-commerce activities. Meanwhile, large enterprises can expand their networks of partners, suppliers and customers beyond EDI users.
The conventions established by ebXML are available publicly. These conventions encourage software developers to build packaged applications based on the common structure and syntax of ebXML messages and dramatically lower the cost of exchanging business data.
ebXML is co-developed by the UN/CEFACT and OASIS. UN/CEFACT is the United Nations standards body who defined the EDIFACT EDI standard. OASIS is an international consortium of more than 200 technology firms formed to create interoperable software specifications. ebXML has gained the international acceptance to be a unified e-commerce standard.
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