UNTDID - United Nations Directories for EDI together with The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) recently established
ebXML initiative . An Electronic Business XML Working Group has been formed " to develop a technical framework that will enable XML to be utilized in a consistent manner for the
exchange of all electronic business data."
No big deal, some people might say. But I think the day is not too far when corporations start to look away from EDI towards XML -both for efficiency and cheaper transaction costs.
Also see
www.ebxml.org Just my two cents worth..
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Ajith Kallambella M. Sun Certified Programmer for the Java2 Platform.
[This message has been edited by Ajith Kallambella (edited January 24, 2001).]