Appian BPM with ebXML messaging (H2O - Hermes) support

Appian BPM Shared Components library contains a resource for using ebXML messaging utilizing the Hermes H2O solution.

Three Smart Services are provided for integrating with the Hermes Messaging Gateway (http://www.cecid.hku.hk/hermes.php).

The ebMS Sender Smart Service; ebMS Receiver Smart Service; and ebMS Receiver List Smart Service.

For more information see the Appian developer forum and resource repository.

Results from ENTSOG AS4 trial for multi-country gas transmission published

The material from the ENTSOG workshop on their AS4 profile for gas market exchange and proof-of-concept with seven participants from six countries using five different vendor products were published at:

http://www.entsog.eu/publications/data-exchange#AS4-PROFILE


The specifications provide cross-enterprise collaboration in the gas sector using secure and reliable exchange of business documents based on the ebMS3/AS4 standard.

The role of ENTSOG (the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas) is to facilitate and enhance cooperation between national gas transmission system operators (TSOs) across Europe.  Ensuring the development of a pan-European gas transmission system in line with European Union energy goals.

See the information available at the EU ENTSOG resource site.

ENTSOG publishes draft ebXML ebMS/AS4 Usage Profile

The role of ENTSOG (the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas) is to facilitate and enhance cooperation between national gas transmission system operators (TSOs) across Europe.  Ensuring the development of a pan-European gas transmission system in line with European Union energy goals.

The draft Network Code on Interoperability and Data Exchange Rules for European Gas Transmission Networks delivered to the European Commission (EC) on 11 September 2013 specifies that “AS4 shall be used as common data exchange protocol for document based data exchanges”.

A draft usage profile has now been published which defines an ENTSOG AS4 Profile that aims to support cross-enterprise collaboration in the gas sector using secure and
reliable exchange of business documents based on the ebMS3/AS4 standard.

This is done by providing an ENTSOG AS4 ebHandler profile and a usage profile for the AS4 communication protocol that allow actors in the gas sector to deploy ebMS3/AS4 communication platforms in a consistent and interoperable way.

See the information available at the EU ENTSOG resource site.

[Ann] WellGEO RegRep 4.15 release

Wellfleet Software is pleased to announce WellGEO RegRep 4.15 release. 

WellGEO RegRep is a product implementation of ebXML RegRep.

A major new feature in this release is the Publishing, Management and Discovery of Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) resources. This new feature enables WellGEO RegRep to be used as a catalog of SLD resources.

"A Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) is an XML schema specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for describing the appearance of map layers. It is capable of describing the rendering of vector and raster data. A typical use of SLDs is to instruct a Web Map Service (WMS) of how to render a specific layer." - Wikipedia

An SLD document plays a similar role for a web mapping service as does a HTML Style sheet for a web page. They both style their base resource (a map, in case of a mapping service) and give it the desired visual appearance and symbology.

With the explosion of feature and coverage data displayed on top of maps (e.g. google maps) there is a huge number of SLD resources defined. This new feature allows an organization to use an ebXML RegRep as a catalog of SLD resources and make it possible for their users to search for, discover and re-use SLD resources of interest based upon their search criteria. SLD resources may be searched using simple and flexible CQL queries that may combine multiple search criteria using logical operators such as "and", "or" and "not". CQL query support conform to ebXML RegRep Profile for Contextual Query Language (CQL).

For example, the following query finds all SLD documents with a NamedLayer or UserLayer that displays a FeatureType identified by name "{urn:example}Roads":

(namedLayer.layerFeatureConstraints.featureTypeConstraint.featureTypeName = "{urn:example}Roads") OR (userLayer.layerFeatureConstraints.featureTypeConstraint.featureTypeName = "{urn:example}Roads")

The feature also allows cataloging and discovery of SLD documents stored outside the WellGEO RegRep repository.

For details please see:   http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com/node/51

Quick tutorials on using XML component dictionaries now available

XML Component Dictionary capabilities are provided in conjunction with the CAM Editor toolset.  These dictionaries accelerate the development of consistent XML information exchanges using standard sets of dictionary components. The approach is aligned with OASIS and Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) standards specifications for XML components and dictionaries.

Dictionary collections can be stored locally on the file system, or local network, or collaboratively on the web or cloud deployment, or can be shared and managed securely using the Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) tool.

The quick tutorials are aimed at showing the 'how to' of the basic capabilities to jump start use of XML dictionaries with the CAM Editor.

The collection of dictionary tutorials videos run for a total of approximately 20 minutes.  Each video can be reviewed individually also.

Learn how to use the dictionary functions to create dictionaries by harvesting data model components from existing XSD schema, SQL database table schema, or simple Excel / Open Office spreadsheets with tables of components listed.

Also included are tips and functions relating to use of NIEM exchange development, IEPD and EIEM techniques.

These videos should be viewed in conjunction with reviewing the overall concepts and techniques described in the companion video on the CAM Editor and Dictionaries overview

Download the tools from the CAM Editor website: http://www.cameditor.org

[Ann] WellGEO RegRep 4.14 release

Wellfleet Software is pleased to announce WellGEO RegRep 4.14 release. 

WellGEO RegRep is a  product implementation of ebXML RegRep.

A major new feature in this release is the Publishing, Management and Discovery of PDF content.

This feature provides customers with the ability to catalog their vast number of PDF documents and allow them to be rapidly discovered using flexible discovery queries.

For details please see:  http://wellfleetsoftware.com/node/49

CAM v3.0 release featured in Dr Dobbs open source news item

The Dr Dobbs August 9th edition provides open source news item here: http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/oracle-cam-v30-ships-with-json-support/240159784

covering the new JSON and XML tools support.

Please see the article for more details.