From ebXML web site ( http://www.ebxml.org/ ) : "About ebXML: ebXML, sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS, is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet. Using ebXML, companies now have a standard method to exchange business messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data in common terms and define and register business processes."

See also UDDI.

-- PeterThoeny - 14 Jun 2001