A framework for e-commerce data exchange service of B2B and B2C with XML embedded documents

Abstract

The data exchange process is very important to establish the B2B and B2C e-commerce business. This paper proposed a framework for e-commerce data exchanging service based on XML embedded documents. The service can be used to exchange the e-commerce data between the customers and the special B2B and B2C e-commerce management information systems. The framework is consisted of the client side and the server side. In the client side, the e-commerce data is embedded into XML embedded documents and delivered to the B2B and B2C e-commerce management information systems. In the server side, the XML embedded documents received from the client are transformed to the e-commerce data items that can be recognized by the B2B and B2C e-commerce management information systems. It offered a convenient data exchange service for B2B and B2C e-commerce that is suitable for large-scale customers to exchange e-commerce data asynchronously with low cost, extensive information treatment.