Toward a business process collaboration in E-commerce exchange using Web serice

Abstract

B2B e-commerce is an emergent area, which the profit of enterprises depend on its performance. Business Process collaboration is a challenge that companies are facing to. However, emergent specifications resulted from the convergence of web services and grid i-e Web Service Resource Framework (WSRF) open new horizon for the collaboration of business Processes. WSRF specifies a WS-Resource approach to model and manage state in a Web services context. In this paper, we present our vision of integrating WSRF in business process collaboration which is described through a collaborative Business Process defined by all participants. WSRF is used to virtualize and encapsulate the private Business Processes. The WS-Notification is used to notify about the state changes to coordinate participant Business Processes