William > It may very well be changing - and soon, Earl. Take a gander at the > proposed new X12 revenue model at Washington Publishing's WebBoard at > http://webboard.wpc-edi.com/upload/X12%20RevModel%20102204.pdf.
Thanks for the link. > This draft is scheduled for vote during the November X12 Steering > Committee meeting. Note that the price (to X12 members) of the X12 > table data is going up from $1650 to a whopping 10 grand! Ouch! Basically they are increasing the Table Data prices by between 3.8 to 6 times their previous price. It's interesting to see that all numbers assume that everyone will renew at the new rates. Previously, the member vs non-member difference was 3 times ( $1,650 vs $4,950). Now it's only double ($10,000 vs $20,000). Why would _anyone_ not join X12 and save thousands of dollars. All other prices are only increasing by 15%. I'm sure that the people whose products depend on these updates will be overjoyed to see these prices jump up. What is the relationship (if any) between Washington Publishing & DISA? I see that WPC only seems to have HIPAA stuff for sale. Fortunately? I don't do HIPAA work. If WPC can sell these specs, then other companies should be able to do the same.. > At this point - assuming you need a machine-processable set of X12 standards > it becomes a no-brainer to just get someone to sit in front of XML Spy > with an X12 book and manually code them up in some kind of XML form. Of > course, the first version will be tough sailing, but after that, the > relatively small incremental trimester changes will be a snap. Absolutely. I'm sure that there are lots of unemployed EDI people who would be interested in that job <vbg> If anyone knows of a standard XML format for Retail stores (Walmart, JCP, etc.), I would be glad to provide a 'generic' file that covers ALL the outgoing documents for the retailers that we do.. > On the other hand, machine readable XML schemas for XML-based e-business > standards are almost always freely (i.e., free for the taking) available. but there are so many to choose from ;-) Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
