William,
You are correct. XML is the data format standard for communicating to and from UCCnet, endorsed by Wal-Mart and about 4,000+ other companies including most of the large retailers (Kroger, Home Depot, etc.). UCCnet is gaining huge momentum at the moment. To many, data synchronization is seen as a foundational architecture to other initiatives also pushed by the large retailers, such as RFID and Collaborative trading activities (such as CPFR and CTM). Marlo Brooke Avatar Partners www.avatarpartners.com -----Original Message----- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:24 PM To: EDI-L Mailing List Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <ADVOCACY> Why I Don't Like XML Earl, I thought Walmart had something to do with the EAN.UCC standards and UCCNET for data synchronization. I could swear XML had something to do with this stuff. Isn't this going anywhere? William J. Kammerer Novannet Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Wertheimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 07 February, 2005 09:43 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <ADVOCACY> Why I Don't Like XML William > Earl, don't look to the 800-lb. gorillas to initiate revolutions. It's > unlikely a gorilla would exclusively mandate a gussied-up UML-modeled > core-componentized ISO 11179 compliant XML based e-business standard. I agree, but the 800 lb gorilla (Walmart) had a lot of force in the marketplace. When Walmart pushed Bisynch modems, their trading partners had no choice. When Walmart pushed AS2, again the trading partners had no choice. They make these decisions because they are better economically FOR THEM, not to advance the technology. Any new technology must show good economic benefits, or it will be delegated to some niche. I don't see those benefits with XML or any of the other acronyms being thrown around recently. Show us the benefits... You'll see the converts ;-) > Medicare is another case in point. That's why HIPAA's TCS Rule > strictly > mandates - for the most part - crusty, old X12 EDI for claims, > payments > and whatnot. Is that why Martin Morrison is stuck with abominations > like > 300 megabyte 837 Healthcare Claim transactions? And to this day, 9 > years > after HIPAA was promulgated, Medicare itself still can't conform > completely to the "standard" HIPAA EDI guidelines. Wasn't the main culprit the government who mandated HIPAA? In that case, the economic benefits are _not_ considerations. ;-) Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com . 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 Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . 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/
