Federated capability stack

Overview

Extending IBM ADS with a global interaction layer for enterprise AI agents.

IBM ADS is positioned to become a leading enterprise framework for AI Agent orchestration, governance, lifecycle management and agent-to-agent collaboration.

Procurement.Trade, as part of Agentic-AI.Network is introduced as a complementary federated infrastructure layer through which enterprise AI agents can securely identify, discover, verify and transact with one another.

Supply Chain and procurement agents built on IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® help professionals reduce costs, eliminate inefficiencies and improve supplier management. You can start with prebuilt agents for faster results or create your own automations with no code.

Procurement.Trade provides structure by providing regional and sector identities for AI Agents as detailed below. Over time, these agents can be integrated into a single conversational experience across the Procurement.Trade Ecosystem.

By connecting effortlessly to existing systems, Orchestrate enhances strategic sourcing and turns supply chain into a competitive advantage.

Identity

Canonical agent identities allow organizations, gateways and specialist verticals to operate under verifiable trade-agent namespaces.

Discovery

Trade Gateways surface relevant agents across regions, ports, countries, sectors and enterprise networks.

Governance

IBM ADS remains the orchestration and governance platform, while Agentic-AI.Network provides external interaction infrastructure.

Strategic Vision

Agentic Commerce will create millions of specialized trade agents.

These agents will act on behalf of manufacturers, exporters, importers, governments, ports, logistics providers, financial institutions, procurement organizations and hospitality operators.

A common identity and discovery framework will be required to prevent fragmentation.

Federated Infrastructure Layer

Agentic-AI.Network proposes to become the neutral namespace and discovery fabric through which enterprise AI agents can participate in governed, cross-organizational commerce.

Proposed Architecture

IBM ADS orchestrates. Agentic-AI.Network enables external agent interaction.

IBM ADS

Agentic-AI.Network

Core Infrastructure Components

Identity, legal trust, product identity and discovery in one federated trade stack.

Corporate Identity Layer

Every organization receives a canonical AI identity.

• buyer.toyota.microsite.trade
• seller.toyota.microsite.trade
• logistics.toyota.microsite.trade

Legal Trust Layer

MLETR.com / MLETR.1 provides legal and documentary trust.

• Electronic Transferable Record verification
• Digital Bills of Lading
• Warehouse Receipts
• Trade Finance Instruments
• Exclusive Control verification

Product Identity Layer

GTINToken.com / GTINToken.1 provides product-level verification.

• Product Identity
• Provenance
• Authenticity
• Regulatory Compliance
• Product Passport Data

Ports Layer

AI Agent Identities derived from quoted Ports for transactions become the discovery fabric for agent-to-agent commerce.

AI Agent Identities derived from ports to be utilized for transactions allow Trade AI Agents to find trusted counterparties, verified products and transaction routes. Available Port Identities include those below

Sector and Geographic Layer

Sector and Geographic AI Agent Identities can provide structure for agent-to-agent commerce.

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