DCL says the Navy could lighten up. Yet XML has been touted as the answer to the woes of HTML, and as the means to provide context to content. But, industry consultant Harvey Spencer says XML is not the yet the panacea for this problem, although it may be soon. He cautions that XML alone is just a standard to describe field content.
Work is still needs to be done on standard labels and structure.
But, with these foundation standards still being defined, little implementation has occurred. EDI uses field numbers and tags, which are impossible for someone who doesn't deal with EDI to understand. Events Calendar Scott AFB Small Business Information Technnology Show , Scott AFB, IL, August 22. DCL will be exhibiting at this show. DCL President Mark Gross will speak about eDocument Management.