To promote and develop a set of Guidelines that derives the maximum benefits from the amalgam of XML and EDI, and to promote the adoption of those Guidelines within the traditional standards bodies for Electronic Business and with commercial software developers. To foster and promote projects and products that implement such Guidelines and to organize research and pilot projects to demonstrate practical business implementations. To foster the development of public domain tools and open systems software whenever possible. Our aim is to provide the means to assist these audiences to the best of the abilities and resources that are placed at our disposal.
Membership is open to individuals or organizations that support the mission and goals of the group.
Who We Are. The Group's technical focus is with the underlying base technology of incorporating XML with E-business to support the numerous vertical markets. Associated with this is a goal to establish standards for commercial electronic data interchange that are open and accessible to all, and that delivers a broad spectrum of capabilities suitable to meet the full breadth of business needs. About a third of our collective time is spent educating people, getting everyone up to speed with the technology. Once up to speed these new members bring others along to expand the knowledge base.