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About RosettaNet
Effective 1 Aug 2002, RosettaNet and GS1 USA (formerly known as Uniform Code Council – UCC) entered into a formal merger agreement to strengthen the development and adoption of business-to-business (B2B) standards across the industries. Its aim is, through their strategic collaboration, to accelerate B2B integration via industry implementation efforts for XML standards and emerging services. RosettaNet, as a subsidiary of the GS1USA, continues to operate as a separate entity serving its broad base membership in the high technology industry. To date, the consortium has established several regional affiliate organizations in the Americas, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan, and has more than 500 multinational and regional member companies in the information technology, electronic components, semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications industries.
RosettaNet Standards
Unlike organizations focused on specific business units, elements and/or proprietary solutions, RosettaNet leverages existing open e-business standards, guidelines and specifications for cross-platform, cross-application and cross-network communication. RosettaNet takes standards to the next level, creating e-business frameworks that cross the boundaries of individual companies to enhance the interoperability of business processes. It covers:
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1. RosettaNet Dictionary
It provides a common platform for conducting business within the supply chain, eliminate overlapping efforts by individual companies and reduce confusion in the procurement process due to each company's uniquely defined terminology. There are Business Dictionary to define the set of properties related for business transactions, and Technical Dictionary for products and services.
2. RosettaNet Implementation Framework
The RNIF specifies information exchange between trading-partner servers using XML, covering the transport, routing and packaging; security; signals; and trading partner agreement. Together, they form the basis for the implementation of RosettaNet PIPs, which define business processes between trading partners.
3. Partner Interface Processes
RosettaNet PIPs are specialized system-to-system XML-based dialogs that define business processes between trading partners. Each PIP specification includes a business document with the vocabulary, and a business process with the choreography of the message dialog. PIPs are designed to fit into seven Clusters, representing the core business processes or the trading network. Each Cluster is broken down into Segments which are cross-enterprise processes involving more than one type of trading partner. Within each Segment are individual PIPs.
4. Global Product Identifier
RosettaNet specifies the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) for Global Product Identifier in its PIPs. The GTIN is a worldwide multi-industry standard for trade-item identification. GTINs are 14-digit numbers that uniquely and globally identify products and services.
5. Global Class Identifier
RosettaNet specifies the United Nations/Standard Product and Services Code (UN/SPSC) for Global Class Identifier in its PIPs. The UN/SPSC is an open, global commodity code standard for classifying products and services. Items are classified using numbers derived from the system's five-level hierarchy in which two digits are assigned at each level.
6. Methodology
RosettaNet uses business process modelling methodology to derive concept development through the construction of "as-is" model and “to-be model’. Through business process analysis of the "as is" model, a generic "to-be" process emerges, illustrating opportunities for re-alignment in the form of a PIP target list.
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