There are even more who don't get the fact the XML/XSL or any of the other
components in a full suite of XML tools will NOT provide automatic alignment
of the business meaning of data....what I term semantic alignment. This task
is where the rubber hits the road, regardless of what set of rules (EDI,
XML, proprietary) one is using to structure data. This is also where human
effort must be applied. Thus, while XML has some usefulness neither it nor
EDI nor any other data structuring rules will align the business mean of
data between disparate applications even if both applications can parse an
XML data stream.
Rachel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Hayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 7:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Are there really any benefits?.
>
>
> Orin Rehorst wrote:
> >
> > If you are thinking about XML on the Internet as a way of
> getting away from
> > EDI on VANs, it seems to me you are thinking inside the box
> > (conventionally). XML is about on-line messaging that
> unites applications
> > across company lines (and within a company). There are big
> productivity
> > gains to be had with on-line integration of systems.
> >
> > For many of your messaging needs, EDI likely works fine.
> Maybe you'll move
> > your EDI over the Internet to save transmission charges,
> but otherwise keep
> > using it.
>
> Dear Group,
>
> People just do not get it. XML / XSL is all about meaning and
> understanding. It has nothing to do with flat message space and
> everything about Interoperabilty.
>
>
> Modern computers systems need to parser information between
> ERP / CRM /
> MRP II / etc and it is far easier using a common language XSL. What
> will happen there will be a device probability software agent
> (bot) that
> learns any data format and automatically translates it into a usable
> formats.
>
>
> Richard Hayes
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>
>
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