GridTalkTM Functional Specification

Module

Feature

Description

B2B

Integration

Network Connectivity

· HTTP, HTTPS

· Data compression on-the-fly

· Extensible connectivity (via user procedures)

Standards-based Messaging

· RosettaNet 1.1

· RosettaNet 2.0

· Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX)

· AS2

Transaction Tracking

· Non-repudiation of origin and receipt

· Guaranteed delivery

· Automatic retries

· Audit trail of messages and activities.

Web Services

Consumer

· Configure WSDL Services

· Construct SOAP Calls from messages

Provider

· Services Framework – construct and administer Java web services

Messaging

· Sending messages via SOAP

· SOAP API for sending and receiving messages

Gateway

· Manage Internal Web Services

· Access (authentication and access control)

· Manage external web services access (authentication and availability)

Security

Certificate Management

· Public key infrastructure (up to 2048-bit RSA keys)

· Support Certificate Authorities (Verisign, Thawte, etc)

· SSL Support

Encryption

· Support for strong encryption using 3DES (168-bit keys), RC2 (40, 64, 128-bit keys)

· S/MIME encrypted envelopes

· Powered by RSA libraries

Signatures

· Signed messages provide non-repudiation of origin

· S/MIME signed envelopes

· Support SHA256 and MD5 digest algorithms

RosettaNet

Support

Protocols

· RNIF 1.1 and RNIF 2.0 protocols

PIP Support

· Single-action and two-action PIPs – easy configuration of all published PIPs

· Next Generation PIPs (Schema-based)

Synchronous PIPs

· Supports synchronous and asynchronous PIP calls

Compatibility

· Passed RosettaNet PIP Badging test

· Proven interoperability with major RosettaNet gateways

Language Support

Internationalization

· English

· Mandarin