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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                       Separation and Consulting Agreement

Effective as of August 1, 2002, that parties hereto agree that the Employment
Agreement made and entered into as of May 15, 2000, by and between The viaLink
Company (the "Company") and Mark Bromberg (the "Employee"), together with all
amendments thereto (collectively, the "Employment Agreement") shall be
terminated on the following terms:

1.   The Company and Employee acknowledge that the effective date of Employee's
     separation and termination of employment and resignation from any and all
     offices held shall be the effective date of this Agreement; provided,
     however, only that compensation set forth in this Agreement shall be paid
     to Employee, whether or not accrued prior to the effective date of
     separation date. Compensation or other payment set forth in the Employment
     Agreement not specifically addressed herein, such as automobile allowances
     or expenses, shall terminate effective August 1, 2002.

2.   In connection with such termination, Company and Employee agree that
     Company shall pay Employee eleven (11) biweekly payments of $5,948.00 each,
     paid in cash, starting on August 16, 2002, for a total aggregate payment of
     $65,428.00. All normal and customary payroll deductions currently in effect
     (such as FICA, Federal income tax withholding, and employee-authorized
     deductions for benefit plans), and which per this Agreement are anticipated
     to continue, shall continue to be made as appropriate. Employee's regular
     biweekly compensation shall be paid on August 2, 2002, at the rate in
     effect prior to this Agreement.

3.   The Company will cause its records to reflect that Employee is on furlough
     until December 31, 2002; at Employee's option, payments to Employee shall
     be characterized as payments made for services rendered and Employee's
     services shall be characterized as consulting fees. For purposes of
     continuing Employee's coverage under the Company's health (medical, dental,
     and vision) insurance plans, to the extent legally permissible the Company
     shall report to the Company's insurers Employee's status in such manner as
     best calculated to continue Employee's coverage under those plans. Employee
     shall not be regarded as continuing Employee's employment with the Company
     for any other reason.

4.   The Company will cause the administrator of the stock option plan of the
     Company to reflect continuing vesting until December 31, 2002, of all stock
     options granted by the Company to Employee; options not vested by December
     31, 2002, shall be terminated and not replaced. All options vested and to
     become vested shall continue in force in accordance with the terms and
     conditions of the stock option plan until March 31, 2003, upon which date
     they will expire without notice to Employee (unless Employee has previously
     exercised the options, in which case they will be terminated by virtue of
     exercise and not replaced).

5.   Employee shall keep the laptop computer and printer/fax, with related small
     equipment (e.g., cables and docking station) currently owned by the Company
     but in Employee's possession. To the extent Employee has any other property
     of the Company in

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     Employee's possession, including files, manuals, and papers, Employee shall
     return it to the Company upon completion of Employee's consulting services
     on December 31, 2002. Upon completion of Employee's consulting services on
     December 31, 2002, Employee shall surrender Employee's laptop computer to
     the Company for appropriate security screening and removal of appropriate
     programs and files, and the Company shall return Employee's laptop computer
     to Employee within 48 hours of receipt by the Company..

6.   From time to time until January 1, 2003, the Company may, solely at its
     election, call upon Employee to perform consulting services, subject to
     Employee's availability, at no charge to the Company; provided, Employee
     shall not be asked to perform services in excess of fifteen (15) hours per
     week. Employee undertakes to work to complete various projects for the
     Company, including the Efficient Foodservice Response regarding the
     Company, prior to January 1, 2003. Time devoted to the completion of these
     projects shall be counted toward the fifteen hours per week maximum
     commitment by Employee. Employee's e-mail address and services at the
     Company shall be continued until January 1, 2003, so as to allow Employee
     to perform these services for the Company. Any out-of-pocket expenses
     incurred by Employee in the performance of consulting services shall be
     reviewed, approved, and paid to Employee in the normal course of expense
     reporting and reimbursement, and any expenses pending as of the effective
     date of this Agreement shall be similarly reimbursed.

7.   The covenants pertaining to non-competition and confidentiality, all as set
     forth in the Employment Agreement, shall continue in full force and effect
     throughout the term of this Agreement, ending effective as of December 31,
     2002. Employee shall have the right to hire, directly or indirectly,
     departing employees of the Company, and his past actions in this regard are
     hereby ratified.

8.   Other than as herein agreed, each party hereto releases the other, and to
     the extent applicable the other's affiliates, directors, officers,
     employees, heirs, and assigns, from any and all claims, demands or causes
     of action regarding the Employment Agreement, Employee's employment by the
     Company, any law or regulation purporting to control or actually
     controlling Employee's employment by the Company, as well as Employee's
     acts or omissions while employed by the Company. The terms of this
     Agreement shall supersede and control any contrary provision of any other
     agreement between the parties and shall be binding upon each party's heirs,
     successors, and assigns, as applicable.

9.   Both parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement must be approved by
     the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors prior to its
     being binding upon either party to this Agreement. The Company undertakes
     to circulate this Agreement for said approval promptly upon complete
     execution of this Agreement, and both parties undertake to recommend its
     approval by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby,
have executed this Separation Agreement effective as of the date first above
written.

The viaLink Company                           Employee:

By: /s/Warren D. Jones                        /s/ Mark Bromberg
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                                              Mark Bromberg

Title: Chief Executive Officer<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4

                   TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE SECURITY AGREEMENT

The Executive Security Agreement entered into by and between The viaLink Company
("viaLink") and Brian Carter ("Employee") effective as of April 1, 2001 (the
"Agreement"), is hereby terminated effective as of August 6, 2002, upon the
terms and conditions of this agreement (the "Termination Agreement"):

In exchange for Employee's agreeing to terminate Employee's rights under the
Agreement, which entitled Employee to receive a lump sum cash payment upon a
Change of Control (as defined in the Agreement and below), upon the effective
date of this Agreement Employee shall be issued restricted common stock, bearing
a legend, the amount of which shall be determined by dividing the lump sum
severance due under the Employment Agreement to Employee ($290,811.07) by a per
share price of $0.0945, which is the volume weighted average price as reported
by Bloomberg Financial for the trading day (August 5, 2002) immediately
preceding the date of this Agreement. The restricted shares shall become
tradable in two tranches; the first certificate shall be for 1,538,683 shares
and shall bear a legend preventing the shares from becoming freely tradable,
subject to the provisions hereof, until on or after January 1, 2003, and the
second certificate shall also be for 1,538,683 shares and shall also bear a
legend preventing the shares from becoming freely tradable, subject to the
provisions hereof, until on or after January 1, 2004; at all times prior to the
stated dates in the legends the stock shall also bear a legend indicating the
Company shall have no obligation to remove the legend until (i) the applicable
date occurs, and (ii) the Company receives Employee's demand, accompanied by the
applicable stock certificate, for removal of the legend. In the event the
Company undertakes a registration of common stock at any time, Employee may
demand that Employee's stock also be registered as a part of that registration.
If, prior to January 1, 2003, the Company does not undertake any registration of
its common stock, Employee shall be entitled to demand registration of the stock
(all 3,077,366 shares) hereunder granted; provided, the Company shall have
ninety (90) days following receipt of Employee's demand in which to accomplish
the registration of Employee's stock The Company shall have no obligation to
register portions of the stock herein issued; any registration for Employee,
whether pursuant to so-called "piggyback" rights or Employee's demand, shall
only be undertaken for all shares hereunder granted. NOTHING SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL ACT TO SUPERSEDE OR WAIVE ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENT PLACED UPON
EMPLOYEE BY VIRTUE OF EMPLOYEE'S STATUS AS AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY, AS THE
TERM "AFFILIATE" IS DEFINED BY THE U. S. SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS
AMENDED (the "Exchange Act"), AND EMPLOYEE UNDERTAKES TO COMPLY WITH ANY AND ALL
LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE'S TRADING IN SECURITIES
OF THE COMPANY. Employee acknowledges that the tax

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consequences of this grant are Employee's responsibility to determine and pay
and not the Company's. Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee's
continuing service as an Affiliate of the Company by virtue of Employee's
service as an executive officer of the Company subjects and will subject
Employee to close control of Employee's buying and selling activity with respect
to stock of the Company, and Employee hereby confirms that such controls as may
be placed upon all Affiliates shall be binding upon Employee when and however
placed upon Affiliates by the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the
dates upon which the stock shall become freely tradable shall immediately and
without notice or demand to the Company change to and become the date of the
Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change of Control" shall
mean:

     (a) The acquisition by any person, entity or "group", within the meaning of
     Sections 13 (d) (3) or 14 (d) (2) of the Exchange Act of beneficial
     ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange
     Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the total voting power represented
     by the then outstanding Voting Securities (as defined below);

     (b) The COMPANY files a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission
     disclosing in response to Current Report on Form 8-K or Schedule 14A (or
     successor form, report or schedule) that a change in control (as defined by
     such forms, reports or schedules) has occurred;

     (c) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of
     Directors of COMPANY (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
     constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of COMPANY
     provided (i) that any person becoming a member of the Board of Directors of
     COMPANY subsequent to the date hereof whose election (or nomination for
     election by COMPANY's stockholders) was approved by a vote of at least a
     majority of the members then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be, for
     purposes of this Agreement, considered as though such person were a member
     of the Incumbent Board, or (ii) that any member of the Board of Directors
     of COMPANY who is nominated in any definitive proxy statement furnished to
     Stockholders of the COMPANY in connection with the solicitation of proxies
     on behalf of the Board of Directors of COMPANY shall be, for purposes of
     this Agreement, considered as members of the Incumbent Board.
     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any individual
     who has been elected a member of the COMPANY's Board of Directors in
     opposition to solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of the members of the
     Incumbent Board, or a committee thereof, shall not be deemed a member of
     the Incumbent Board for purposes of this Section 3(c);

     (d) The COMPANY is merged, combined, consolidated or reorganized with or
     into another corporation or other legal person ("Acquiring Person") or the
     COMPANY sells or otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its assets
     to an Acquiring Person, and, as a result of such merger, combination,
     consolidation or reorganization or sale or transfer of assets, less than a
     majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of
     the Acquiring Person are held

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     in the aggregate by holders of Voting Securities (as that term is defined)
     immediately prior to such transaction; or

     (e) The COMPANY is dissolved or liquidated.

     For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Voting Securities" shall mean all
     outstanding classes of voting capital stock of the COMPANY entitled to vote
     generally in the election of directors of the COMPANY.

THIS IS A RELEASE. EMPLOYEE IS GIVING UP POTENTIALLY VALUABLE RIGHTS IN THIS
RELEASE. EMPLOYEE SHOULD CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PRIOR TO SIGNING IF EMPLOYEE
HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS DOCUMENT AND ITS EFFECTS.

The viaLink Company:                        Employee:

By: /s/ William P. Creasman                /s/ Brian Carter
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                                           Brian Carter
Title: Vice President

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