gXML (EDI Implementation Guidelines in XML)

[Kevin Benedict <kevinb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

gXML - Open Exchange of E-business Schemas
An open XML based model for storing schemas and achieving interoperability
between schema consuming applications.


Bellevue, WA March 15, 1999

Edifecs Commerce, the leader in EDI and electronic commerce modeling and
collaboration tools, announced the immediate availability of Guideline XML
(gXML) for the open exchange of electronic commerce guidelines.  Guideline
XML is a file structure that allows the open exchange of electronic commerce
guidelines, otherwise known as EDI Transaction Sets / Messages and Schemas.
Guideline XML (gXML) is the world's first XML standards-based exchange
format specifically designed to simplify the integration of EDI translators,
validation engines, forms builders, and specification tools.

"The gXML specification makes a real contribution to electronic commerce.
It provides a means for companies to publish their EDI specifications
database directly to the Web and thus make them more readily available to
trading partners," said Alan Kotok, Administrator of the XML-EDI Group and
Vice-President of Graphic Communications Association. "Following the XML/EDI
Guidelines ensures their compliance with standards-based solutions."

Edifecs is working with major industry solution providers and standards
bodies to evolve gXML and make it a standard.  Guidelines for ATA and
CompTIA, EDIFACT, and X12 are available for immediate download in gXML from
CommerceDesk.com.  gXML is also supported in Edifecs SpecBuilder 3.6
guideline creation and model suite.

EDI Tool Integration

Guideline XML was first and foremost designed to be simple; each document is
completely self-contained and follows the logical structure of the message
to be exchanged.  As a result, vendors standardizing on gXML can load
schemas directly into their e-business products and users can open and edit
guidelines directly in a web browser or XML editor.  As an increasing number
of applications publish their XML-based interfaces, gXML can be used to
convert those schemas into products like mappers, schema editors, and
validators.

"Edifecs Commerce is very excited about releasing gXML," states Sunny Singh,
CEO of Edifecs. "In the e-business/EDI world today, there is a lot of
duplication of effort in defining guidelines.  Industry groups, companies
and trading partners are all redoing the same work. gXML offers a standard
for exchanging schemas that can automatically be imported into gXML
compliant products thus eliminating the need for re-creating schemas
manually."


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Kevin R. Benedict
International Channel Manager
Edifecs Commerce
http://www.edifecs.com <http://www.edifecs.com> 
Phone USA 425-895-3038
Fax USA 425-895-3021
2340 130th Avenue NE
Suite 200
Bellevue WA 98005 USA
Edifecs Commerce develops software tools for EDI professionals...
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