Dissemination event for XML/EDI
1 December 1999 - 1 December 1999
Belgium
Advancing a new combination of extensible mark-up language and electronic data interchange in Europe is the objective behind a dissemination event being held in Brussels, on 1 December 1999.
Hosted by the European Commission, the background to the event is the question of whether electronic commerce will become the standard means of doing business. If so, the interaction that brings people and markets together electronically would benefit from the use of extensible mark-up language, XML, which is emerging as a major technology for global communications over the Internet. XML enables the exchange of so-called 'smart' data - information that can readily be analysed, sorted, styled and customised.
However XML alone is not sufficient. Smart data needs to be structured for exchange and its meaning needs to be shared between processing systems and the electronic data interchange (EDI) may provide the key. XML/EDI builds upon the ground rules of XML and potentially offers a way of incorporating existing EDI applications with the next generation of XML-aware applications.
XML/EDI has generated interest from both the XML and EDI communities, and in January 1999 the European Commission co-financed two complementary projects for the validation and demonstration of XML/EDI under the ISIS programme. The main deliverables of the projects will be input to standardisation committees, including the CEN/ISSS XML/EDI workshop and this dissemination event.
Along with the presentation of the draft results of these projects, the event will also discuss the application of XML/EDI in different domains, the need for best practices, standardisation issues and current developments.
The meeting is targeted at technical managers and standard developers, but potential users, consultants, academics and the supplier community are also invited.
For further information please contact:
CEN/ISSS
Ms Marie-Sophie Rousseaux
Rue de Stassartstraat 36
B-1050 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-5500989; Fax +32-2-5500966
E-mail: marie-sophie.rousseaux@cenorm.be
URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/isis/xml-edi_event.htm(opens in new window)
Hosted by the European Commission, the background to the event is the question of whether electronic commerce will become the standard means of doing business. If so, the interaction that brings people and markets together electronically would benefit from the use of extensible mark-up language, XML, which is emerging as a major technology for global communications over the Internet. XML enables the exchange of so-called 'smart' data - information that can readily be analysed, sorted, styled and customised.
However XML alone is not sufficient. Smart data needs to be structured for exchange and its meaning needs to be shared between processing systems and the electronic data interchange (EDI) may provide the key. XML/EDI builds upon the ground rules of XML and potentially offers a way of incorporating existing EDI applications with the next generation of XML-aware applications.
XML/EDI has generated interest from both the XML and EDI communities, and in January 1999 the European Commission co-financed two complementary projects for the validation and demonstration of XML/EDI under the ISIS programme. The main deliverables of the projects will be input to standardisation committees, including the CEN/ISSS XML/EDI workshop and this dissemination event.
Along with the presentation of the draft results of these projects, the event will also discuss the application of XML/EDI in different domains, the need for best practices, standardisation issues and current developments.
The meeting is targeted at technical managers and standard developers, but potential users, consultants, academics and the supplier community are also invited.
For further information please contact:
CEN/ISSS
Ms Marie-Sophie Rousseaux
Rue de Stassartstraat 36
B-1050 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-5500989; Fax +32-2-5500966
E-mail: marie-sophie.rousseaux@cenorm.be
URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/isis/xml-edi_event.htm(opens in new window)