Federated capability stack

Overview

Extending IBM Auto Deal Share for Select Territories (ADS) with a global interaction layer for enterprise AI agents utilizing MLETR Protocols

MLETR is an acronym for the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records, developed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. It provides the legal framework that allows electronic trade documents (such as bills of lading, promissory notes and warehouse receipts) to have the same legal effect as paper originals. It is increasingly being adopted by countries seeking to digitise international trade.

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

MLETR.com is Helping AI Agents used in Procurement comply with MLETR. This will aid MLETR adoption. MLETR.com is being operated within the framework of ADS.

Government and enterprise procurement is a massive market – often representing up to 20% of GDP – and increasingly relies on digital platforms, transparency, and interoperability.

MLETR.com, as part of Agentic-AI.Trade, is introduced as a complementary federated infrastructure layer through which enterprise AI Agents utilizing MLETR Protocolscan 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.

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

MLETR.com 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.

Within ADS, MLETR.com can become the reference architecture for AI agents utilizing MLETR Protocols by providing Related sector and regional AI Agent identities, and Related AI Agent discovery and interaction

Identity

Canonical agent identities provided for AI Agents utilizing MLETR Protocols.

Discovery

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

Governance

ADS remains the orchestration and governance platform, while MLETR.com 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

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

Architecture

MLETR.com Provides AI Agent Identity and Discovery. ADS orchestrates

ADS

MLETR.com

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

MLETR Layer

MLETR.com provides access to MLETR Services within the framework of ADS.

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

Product Identity Layer

GTINToken.com 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 AI Agent-to-AI Agent MLETR commerce.

AI Agent Identities derived from ports to be utilized for transactions allow Trade AI Agents utilizing MLETR Protocols to find trusted counterparties and verified products, for transactions utilizing stated ports. Available Port Identities can be derived from Port.1, and also include those below:

Discovery Layer

Verified AI Agent Identities for Organizations and Sectors become the Identity for AI Agent-to-AI Agent transactions featuring MLETR

Geographic Layer

GEOGRAPHIC TRADE AI AGENT IDENTITIES FOR TRANSACTIONS FEATURING MLETR