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S2ML (Security Services Markup Language)

• Tags:
• xml,
• transactions,
• xml,
• commerce

Overview XML (Extensible Markup Language), the flexible data framework that allows applications to communicate on the Internet, has become the preferred infrastructure for e-commerce applications. All of those transactions require trust and security, making it mission-critical to devise common XML mechanisms for authenticating merchants, buyers, and suppliers to each other, and for digitally signing and encrypting XML documents like contracts and payment transactions. XML Trust Services—a four-component suite of open specifications for application developers developed in partnership with industry leaders including Microsoft, Ariba, webMethods, and Netegrity—makes it easier than ever to integrate a broad range of trust services into B2B and B2C applications. XML complements Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificates, the standard method for securing Internet transactions. B2C and B2B transactions that take place between enterprises across the Internet have had no standard language for communicating authorization data that specifies what transactions or information a buyer, seller, or enterprise is permitted to access. The S2ML (Security Services Markup Language) specification developed by VeriSign with Netegrity and other vendors, solves this problem. It offers a vendor-neutral, open XML standard for enabling secure e-commerce transactions by describing authentication, authorization, and profile information, allowing businesses to exchange this data between customers, partners, or suppliers, regardless of the security systems or e-commerce platforms they have in place.

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