Re: ebXML adoption?

[Duane Nickull <duane@xmlglobal.com>]

Scott:

srh@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure how to read this, but I believe that what
> Duane is saying is that companies wanting to use the
> ebXML standards should not have to 'depend' on any
> EDI standards. - Not that shouldn't be a mapping/linkage
>  between the technologies.
> -Duane, don't let me mis interpret you.

Yes - this is exactly what I was saying.  ebXML must be independent of
EDI yet still carry the <buzzwords>semantic richness</buzzwords> of
EDI.  At the same time,  there MUST be a way to protect the investments
companies have in their EDI systems.  This can be accomplished by using
a Bizcode type linking mechanism combined with a repository access.

There is bound to be very strong feelings on both sides of the fence -
those who want to completely abolish any reference to EDI and those who
want to retool OO-EDI as an XML-syntax.  I am glad that I do not have
the task of selling the final solution to all *chuckle*

Duane Nickull


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