Before revision: MTConnect is one prominent attempt to augment the existing world of proprietary systems with some open-source, industry-standard protocols and XML schemasand an ecosystem of massively multiplayer app development and mashups (analogous to that with smartphones) so that these long-sought protocol using XML schemas.
After revision: MTConnect is one prominent attempt to augment the existing world of proprietary systems with an open-source, industry-standard protocol using XML schemas.