An XML implementation process model for enterprise applications

This study proposes an implementation process model for integrating eXtensible Markup Language (XML) into enterprise applications, which also meets the inter-organization data exchange standard of RosettaNet. This model is motivated by the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) group of Taiwan's Mechanical Industry Research Laboratories (MIRL) in meeting their needs on enterprise applications integration for producing the data exchange specifications. There are seven stages in this process model, but only the analysis-and-design stage is specific to XML characteristics for defining Data Type Definition (DTD) to be used with XML in the inter-organizational data exchange. This paper illustrates the core sub-process of defining DTD and producing XML documents. We start with a MIRL example regarding information exchange of a work order between the MIRL-MES and an ERP system connected by IBM MQSeries. Then the RosettaNet components are used to demonstrate how additional elements can be incorporated in the analysis-and-design stage by comparisons.

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