Really William, how can you tell from there whether or not my shorts are tied up in a bunch? ;^)
Seems to me that when the sole point of someone's posting is to clarify terminology and they get it all wrong, that it really shouldn't be left uncorrected... Cheers, At 02:19 PM 1/15/2005 -0500, William J. Kammerer wrote: >Mike, don't get your shorts all tied up in a bunch over a matter of >terminology. That's like Sylvia Webb picking on me for not adding the >"-5" to ISO 15000. These kind of flames must be what Rich Legge is >referring to. > >After all, we have George W. Bush saying "...there's rumors on the >Internets..." >(http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushismvideos/v/rumorsinternets.htm). > >I don't expect the President of the United States to know technical >details about the 'Net - or even what it's called. And after listening >to C-level executives for awhile now, there's no longer any surprise at >the awkward mixture of singular and plural. These are niggling details >that are beneath the dignity of POTUS. It's like knowing the names of >heads of state from Third World countries. Or Canada. > >William J. Kammerer >Novannet, LLC. >Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA >+1 (614) 487-0320 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Rawlins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "EDI-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, 14 January, 2005 12:11 PM >Subject: Re: [EDI-L] EDI Standard Table Data > > > >At 12:25 PM 1/14/2005 +1000, James Hatcher wrote: > > >DISA is part of ANSI. > >No. X12 is an ANSI accredited standards committee. (And it's X12, not >X.12). DISA has no formal relationship with ANSI, per se, and only >relates >to ANSI on behalf of X12 and it's other client organizations. > > > >Data Interchange Standards Association. The secretariat of the ANSI ASC > >X12 > >committee, which administers the ANSI X12 standards. > > > >Data Interchange Standards Association. Secretariat of the ASC X12 > >Committee. Also serves as the secretariat for the Pan American EDIFACT > >Board. > >Old information, and no longer correct. The Pan American EDIFACT Board >no >longer exists. > > >Data Interchange Standards Association - in the U.S., the standards > >body > >that defines EDI standards. In Europe it is UN/EDIFACT. > >Again, incorrect. X12 defines EDI standards in the U.S. This is done >internationally (not just in Europe) by UN/CEFACT, who maintains the >UN/EDIFACT standard. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting >www.rawlinsecconsulting.com >Using XML with Legacy Business Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003) >www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321154940 > > > > >. >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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting www.rawlinsecconsulting.com Using XML with Legacy Business Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003) www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321154940 . 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/
