http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/01/HNubl_1.html Universal Business Language 1.0, which is intended as a common XML message format for e-commerce, is now available for public implementation testing in a beta format, according to an official of OASIS. The UBL 1.0 Beta proposal has been approved as an OASIS Committee Draft by the OASIS Universal Business Language Technical Committee. A formal announcement is expected from OASIS this week, said Jon Bosak, chairman of the OASIS UBL Technical Committee. The beta proposal is intended to provide specifications needed to begin implementation testing of UBL in advance of OASIS recommending it as a standard. .. snip .. -- Internet trivia, 20th anv: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm
