1. This document is the final version of the report “Architecture Report for eBusiness harmonisation in Textile/Clothing and Footwear sectors”, its contents have been revised and integrated from the feedbacks received from the 17 pilots of the eBIZ-TCF project. This document should be assumed as the technical reference in order to tackle the objectives of eBusiness harmonisation in Textile Clothing and Footwear initiatives aiming to join eBIZ-TCF.

2. The report is based on three main parts:

• The initial chapters 1, 2 and 3 offer a general methodological overview.
• The remaining chapters detail the architecture in its main areas and allow to choose the right scenarios of interest (upstream manufacturing networks for Textile-Clothing and for Footwear, downstream relationships between retailers and producers, Communication, product numbering and identification)
• The appendixes offer the details about the technical implementation and the references about on-line resources available to implementers.

3. The main changes in respect of the previous version are:

• the new downstream collaboration (on customer demand),
• new introductory chapters about the relationship with the world of standardisation
• a short how to use this report guide,
• reference to the document validation tool,
• a best practice about the envelope for ebMS data transmission (both oin the Report and in Appendix E).
• new 'Stock availability report' document about inventory status (Appendix A).

4. This document is available from the project web site (www.ebiz-tcf.eu) together with other resources that should help the designers and implementers in their work.

New versions of this document could be delivered in a future according with the development of the eBIZ-TCF Interest Group that will be in charge for its improvement and maintenance after the conclusion of the project. As a general rule the specifications are expected to be back-compatible.