E-business standards groups to work together
Two e-business standards groups on Monday plan to announce a joint effort intended to drive XML standard convergence in the industry.
The Business Internet Consortium, formed by vendors such as Computer Associates International Inc., Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., and SAP AG, will join forces with RosettaNet, which has featured companies such as BEA Systems Inc., i2 Technologies Inc., Tibco Software Inc., and also SAP, as partners. RosettaNet will become a member of the Business Internet Consortium.
Both groups have been focusing on development of e-business standards and look to promote supply chain interoperability via the alliance, according to the two organizations. The two groups will come together to participate on the Business Internet Consortium XML-based eBusiness Standard Convergence Workgroup.
"What this group is going to be working on is a convergence solutions stack so that all these stacks can ship information back and forth between different marketing segments," such as between XML stacks for financial services and banking, said Terry Spires, manager of industry solutions for Intel, which is participating in the workgroup.
Initially, the group's efforts would mainly benefit business-to-business commerce, but eventually, these XML efforts will filter down to business-to-consumer commerce as well, Spires said.
The workgroup plans to have definitions proposed by the end of this year and finalized in mid-2002, Spires said.
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