CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Definitions  
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Introduction      
 6     The emergence of e-business within the ICT market         
        6.1     What is e-business?           
        6.2     Implications of e-business for Service Providers     
        6.3     How can a Service Provider migrate towards e-business?   
        6.4     A conceptual model for e-business 
 7     Main B2B initiatives and concepts
        7.1     Shared public process        
        7.2     'Regulated' versus 'unregulated' B2B          
        7.3     RosettaNet conceptual model        
        7.4     ebXML what is it? 
        7.5     What does eTOM need to address?          
 8     Extending eTOM for business-to-business interactions      
        8.1     eTOM extensions  
        8.2     eTOM Public B2B Business Operations Map        
        8.3     eTOM Public B2B Business Operations Map (ePBOM)    
        8.4     eTOM Public B2B BOM-Level 0 process area     
        8.5     Summary
        8.6     References
Annex A – Overview of RosettaNet and ebXML    
        A.1     Concepts  
        A.2     Defining public processes  
        A.3     The B2B transaction patterns        
        A.4     Binary collaborations         
        A.5     General structure of a business transaction 
        A.6     Example transaction pattern – Request Response   
        A.7     Message flows      
        A.8     Example transaction pattern – Notification 
Annex B – B2B terminology used in this Recommendation    
        B.1     RosettaNet and ebXML terms      
        B.2     General e-business terminology      
Annex C – RosettaNet Business Operations Map    
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