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Architectural Framework For Electronic Commerce

The document outlines an architectural framework for electronic commerce consisting of 6 layers: 1) application services, 2) brokerage and data services, 3) interface and support layers, 4) secure messaging, security, and electronic document interchange, 5) middleware and structured document interchange, and 6) network infrastructure and basic communications services. The framework is built on the World Wide Web architecture using both wired and wireless networks. Middleware plays a key role in solving interface problems and enabling different software programs to communicate. Security, messaging, and electronic document interchange are also important components that allow for secure and effective communication across different locations.

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Architectural Framework For Electronic Commerce

The document outlines an architectural framework for electronic commerce consisting of 6 layers: 1) application services, 2) brokerage and data services, 3) interface and support layers, 4) secure messaging, security, and electronic document interchange, 5) middleware and structured document interchange, and 6) network infrastructure and basic communications services. The framework is built on the World Wide Web architecture using both wired and wireless networks. Middleware plays a key role in solving interface problems and enabling different software programs to communicate. Security, messaging, and electronic document interchange are also important components that allow for secure and effective communication across different locations.

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Architectural Framework for Electronic Commerce 1) Application services 2) Brokerage and Data services, Data or transaction management 3) Interface

and Support Layers 4) Secure Messaging, Security, and Electronic Document Interchange 5) Middleware and Structured document interchange 6) Network infrastructure and basic communications services Network infrastructure and basic communications services E-commerce framework is being built on the WWW architecture. Wireline - coaxial, fiber optic Wireless Middleware and Structured document interchange needed to solve all the interface, translation, transformation, and interpretation problems the ultimate mediator between diverse software programs that enables them talk to one another As computing is shifting from application centric to data centric, middleware services should focus on: transparency transaction security and management - authentication and authorization distributed object management and services. Objects are defined as the combination of data and instructions acting on the data.

Secure Messaging, Security, and Electronic Document Interchange Messaging can be defined as: the software that sits between the network infrastructure and the clients or e-commerce applications. a framework for the total implementation of portable applications They offer solutions for communicating nonformatted (unstructured) data, letters, memos, reports, as well as formatted (structured) data such as invoices, PO. With messaging tools, people can communicate and work together more effectively, no matter where they are located. Interface and Support Layers Interfaces for e-commerce applications such as interactive catalogs, the customized interface to consumer applications such as home shopping. Support directory services, functions necessary for information search and access, which operate behind the scenes and attempt to organize the enormous amount of information and transactions generated to facilitate e-commerce. The difference - interactive catalogs deal with people, directory support services interact directly with software application. Brokerage and Data services, Data or transaction management It provides service integration through the notion of information brokerage, the development of which is necessitated by the increasing information resource fragmentation. Information brokerage is intermediary who provides service integration between customers and information providers, given

some constraint such as a low price, fast service, or profit maximization for a client It also addresses the issue of adding value to the information that is retrieved. E.g. FX company provides not only the latest currency exchange rate, but also hedging and risk management etc. Application services Distinct Categories of e-Commerce Business to Consumer (B2C) Business to business (B2B) Consumer to Consumer (C2C) Consumer to Business (C2B) Intraorganizational e-commerce Four Categories of e-Commerce

Business originating from . . . Business Consumers

Business
And selling to . . . Consumers

B2B

C2B

B2C

C2C

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