An excerpt from the article (not the company in caps)
"cXML was created in a unique collaboration between buyers, suppliers, and Internet technology companies. More than 40 organizations were involved in the process including leading e-commerce companies such as
Extricity Software, InterWorld Corporation, Ironside Technologies, POET Software, SAQQARA Systems, STERLING COMMERCE, Vignette Corporation and webMethods; members of Ariba Supplier Link (ASL) such as 1Nine Systems, Anderson Unicom Group, barnesandnoble.com, BT Office Products International, CAP, a division of the
McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group, Chemdex Corporation, Collabria, Compucom,ComputerLiteracy.com, Cort Furniture Rental, Harbinger Corporation, Life Technologies, NCR Systemedia Group,
Office Depot, RoweCom, Staples, and US Technologies; and Ariba customers. Collectively, these organizations provide real-world input and validation for cXML."
So, what gives, Bob? Did you not even read the article? SE wants this to happen. They manage relationships between trading partners, regardless of the infrastructure. And the more the Web can be standardized for EDI usage, the better for them because it means more customers and more transactions. |
