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Business-to-business interactions: issues and enabling technologies

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A. K. ElmagarmidAuthors Info & Claims

The VLDB Journal — The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases, Volume 12, Issue 1

Pages 59 - 85

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00778-003-0087-z

Published: 01 May 2003 Publication History

Abstract

Business-to-Business (B2B) technologies pre-date the Web. They have existed for at least as long as the Internet. B2B applications were among the first to take advantage of advances in computer networking. The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) business standard is an illustration of such an early adoption of the advances in computer networking. The ubiquity and the affordability of the Web has made it possible for the masses of businesses to automate their B2B interactions. However, several issues related to scale, content exchange, autonomy, heterogeneity, and other issues still need to be addressed. In this paper, we survey the main techniques, systems, products, and standards for B2B interactions. We propose a set of criteria for assessing the different B2B interaction techniques, standards, and products.

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Business-to-business interactions: issues and enabling technologies
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
  2. Electronic commerce
    1. E-commerce infrastructure
    2. Electronic data interchange
2. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
    2. Web services

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