STANDARDIZATION OF XML-BASED E-BUSINESS FRAMEWORKS

Paavo Kotinurmi, Juha-Miikka Nurmilaakso, and Hannu Laesvuori

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2000)

The purpose of e-business frameworks is to enhance the interoperability of communication. Are there dependencies between e-business frameworks and their standardization? How are vendors, users, and institutions involved in the standardization of e-business frameworks? To what extent are the different frameworks complements or substitutes? How does e-business framework standardization relate to economics of standardization? This paper answers these questions by presenting four propositions on e-business frameworks that use Extensible Markup Language (XML). We also claim that some economic findings and suggestions related to vendor driven standards on physical products are irrelevant, as the e-business framework specifications are end products of standardization and they are used by end-user companies instead of individuals.