An XML framework for agent-based E-commerce
Communications of the ACM
A componentized architecture for dynamic electronic markets
ACM SIGMOD Record
EMP — A Database-Driven Electronic Market Place forBusiness-to-Business Commerce on the Internet
Distributed and Parallel Databases - Special issue on electronic commerce
Redesigning Contracted Service Procurement for Internet-Based Electronic Commerce: A Case Study
Information Technology and Management
Effect of store design on consumer purchases: an empirical study of on-line bookstores
Information and Management
Process-Driven Intranets: Life-Cycle Support for Process Reengineering
IEEE Internet Computing
X-Compass: An XML Agent for Supporting User Navigation on the Web
FQAS '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems
METU-Emar: An Agent-Based Electronic Marketplace on the Web
ECDL '98 Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Gateways to Overcome Incompatibilities of Security Mechanisms
SRDS '99 Proceedings of the 18th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems
Business Services Networks: delivering the promises of B2B
BSN '05 Proceedings of the IEEE EEE05 international workshop on Business services networks
Standards-based approaches to B2B workflow integration
Computers and Industrial Engineering - Special issue: Logistics and supply chain management
An XML-based agent model for supporting user activities on the Web
Web Intelligence and Agent Systems
Integrating mobile and intelligent agents in advanced E-commerce: a survey
NODe'02 Proceedings of the NODe 2002 agent-related conference on Agent technologies, infrastructures, tools, and applications for E-services
Agent-oriented programming: from prolog to guarded definite clauses
Agent-oriented programming: from prolog to guarded definite clauses
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The Internet provides the first affordable and secure way to link people and computers spontaneously across organizational boundaries. But the Internet's potential is imperiled by the rising specter of digital anarchy: closed markets that cannot use each other's services; incompatible applications and frameworks that cannot interoperate or build upon each other; and an array of security and payment options that confuses consumers. One solution to these problems is an object-oriented architectural framework for Internet commerce. Several major vendors of electronic-commerce solutions have announced proprietary versions of such a framework, including IBM, Microsoft, Netscape, Oracle, and Sun/JavaSoft. Recently, four of these companies have agreed to support a common distributed object model based on CORBA IIOP (Internet InterORB Protocol). Yet for commerce on the Internet to thrive, such systems must also interoperate at a business application level. A consumer or business using one framework should be able to shop for, purchase, and pay for goods and services offered on a different framework. This is currently not possible. In response, CommerceNet is organizing Eco System, a cross-industry effort to build a framework of frameworks, involving both e-commerce vendors and end users. The success of Eco depends on market leaders in each area participating actively on their respective task forces. Admittedly, in past battles for market dominance, it was difficult to bring leading players to the table. For robust Internet commerce, however, interoperability is so fundamental that we have to turn the concept of openness on its head-it's not just publishing an API. Everyone's software has to work together because no single company can control what platform its customers will use. Internet commerce stands at a critical juncture. After an exhilarating start-up, further development hinges on bridging the chasm between early adopters and a true mass market.