Federated message-based architecture for eBusiness interoperability in new member states SMEs

The paper presents a research framework and business background of a federated architecture implemented by a set of intelligent and adaptive Universal Business Language (UBL) active messages (an Application Bus for Enterprise Application Integration) and basic interoperability services. It aims to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) in e-commerce contexts, specifically in less developed Countries and less Research and Technology Development (RTD) intensive industrial sectors. The solution proposed is a blended architecture which could join the peculiar advantages of message-based Service Oriented Architectures (efficiency, maintainability, modularity, scalability, portability, security and privacy assurance) in the business documents format context and Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems (flexibility, non-deterministic autonomous intelligent behaviour, negotiation, adaption to specific business cases) for mutual understanding and agreement on document contents, in a context where business documents become intelligent, interactive mulit-media objects.