RE: EDIINT and the EDI XML movement ...

["Egerter, Chuck" <chuck.egerter@xxxxxxxx>]

OBI has not yet released a version of their spec that uses XML.  The team is
just in the beginning phases of discussing how and when to incorporate it.
But... everyone is very optimistic about the benefits that we will gain

Patrick - you may have more to add.



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> From:	clueder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:clueder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 25, 1998 4:04 PM
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> John.Mani@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: EDIINT and the EDI XML movement ...
> 
> >XML EDI may be relevant in the future. However, currently it seems to
> >be a moving target. As far as I know, neither X12 nor EDIFACT nor HL7
> >have been "converted" significant amounts of their users to XML, ...
> 
> With one big exception: OBI (Open buying on the internet) use of XML for
> X12 850 purchase order.
> 
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