BUSINESS TO BUSINESS E-COMMERCE ARCHITECTURE

The term electronic commerce is generally applied to any form of business transaction by means of telecommunication networks. This involves the use of information technology (such as electronic data interchange (EDT), electronic mail, transfer of money, etc) to link the functions provided by participants in this kind of commerce, rather than physical exchanges or direct physical contact. It also refers to the procedures, policies and strategies required to support the incorporation of electronic interaction to the business environment. In this paper we use a clean focus on business to business frameworks for developing new e-commerce systems. We think that the new frameworks that can be designed using this approach, have the potential to solve some of the most important lacks that traditional systems reveal. We also feel that this level of indirection (focus-framework-implementation) is necessary given the complexity and diversity of current and future b2b e-commerce systems.