What is the difference between cXML and UDDI?
UDDI and cXML are separate efforts intended to cover different parts of the eCommerce landscape. Once two parties have discovered each other using UDDI, they may send cXML business documents to one another. In other words, cXML is a model that may be registered under UDDI and then used within binding templates and business service descriptions. The two specifications are completely separate in terms of development timeline, underlying technologies and technical infrastructure. They may (over time) merge towards a common transport layer such as SOAP or ebXML Messaging Service. However, a SOAP or ebXML version of cXML is not yet planned. • What is unique about cXML when compared to X12, RosettaNet and xCBL? cXML is the primary protocol for B2B interactions over the Internet. Most other XML B2B protocols are an attempt to translate the EDI business process and documents into the syntax of XML. As such, they generally encounter the same problems that have plagued EDI: The need for point-to
