document: Business data management for business-to-business electronic commerce Business-to-business electronic commerce -LRB- B2B EC -RRB- opens up new possibilities for trade . For example , new business partners from around the globe can be found , their offers can be compared , even complex negotiations can be conducted electronically , and a contract can be drawn up and fulfilled via an electronic marketplace . However , sophisticated data management is required to provide such facilities . In this paper , the results of a multi-national project on creating a business-to-business electronic marketplace for small and medium-sized enterprises are presented . Tools for information discovery , protocol-based negotiations , and monitored contract enactment are provided and based on a business data repository . The repository integrates heterogeneous business data with business communication . Specific problems such as multilingual nature , data ownership , and traceability of contracts and related negotiations are addressed and it is shown that the present approach provides efficient business data management for B2B EC
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