William, Thank you for taking the bait.
Of course you have identified the heretofore limiting issue: standardization. Until the software packages that SMEs use provide turnkey standardized XML interfaces, SMEs will not enter the world of electronic data interchange. Once they do, they will be so much more competitive, their big-name competitors may need to do some scrambling. All the hype we have been hearing and laughing at over the past few years has, to be honest, oversold the simplicity and utility of XML while totally overlooking or worse, denying the absolute need for further standardization. Without it, chaos has reigned. I'm glad to hear you are out there fighting for us. Art Douglas Manager, eCommerce Systems PaperPak San Dimas, CA 909-971-5025 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William J. Kammerer Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:40 AM To: EDI-L Mailing List Subject: Re: <SALES> RE: [EDI-L] Re: Alternatives to FAX for small trading partners Art, laugh all you want. But the future is closer than you think. For the SME, UNeDocs will be of special interest. Standardized XML international business documents will eliminate FAX and paper without the expense and fuss of X12 or UN/EDIFACT traditional EDI or clunky web EDI. And UNeDocs will soon be gussied up with ISO 11179 and ISO 15000-5 compliant core components. For more information, see http://www.unedocs.org. And, yes, UBL - more in line with the big players' needs - is moving ahead. William J. Kammerer Novannet Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 27 April, 2005 04:58 PM Subject: RE: <SALES> RE: [EDI-L] Re: Alternatives to FAX for small trading partners I am shocked and amazed at this thread. Didn't I read somewhere sometime back that XML was The Answer to the SME's, not to mention every other business' information-sharing problems? Has somebody neglected to tell them? Billy Joe, say it ain't so. Art . 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 . 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/
