AW: Summary of XML Datatypes as required for B2B applications

[Schultz.DKV@t-online.de (Andreas Schultz)]

I agree with those of you, who think that a conversion of EDIFACT messages
into XML is not the right way. This will not solve the problems. We would
take the restrictions of EDIFACT into the restrictions of XML. This will
mean multiplying the restrictions. But on the other hand, we should not
ignore the business know how which is in the EDIFACT messages. We should
save the best of EDIFACT and combine it with the best of XML. Please allow
me to remind us all what are we really talking about: We want to exchange
informations between partners in a standardised way. The syntax to choose
for this is a second question. This should be dependent from the special
need of the business partners.

Andreas Schultz