ADVISORY/LOG-NET To Host International Standards Meeting in Seattle.Business and High Tech Editors ADVISORY...for today (through July 13) LITTLE SILVER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Meeting to Highlight how XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration Commerce and Transport) An ISO standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) that was proposed to supersede both X12 and TRADACOMS as the worldwide standard. See EDI. Work to Identify Core Components in Transportation Logistics Who: LOG-NET, Inc., an industry leader in international supply chain execution software What: will host a combined EDIFACT Working Group D4 Interim Transport and ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. X12 meeting in which two standards bodies will continue a project to define and refine lists of core components of transportation logistics. This meeting is open to members of the ANSI X12 transportation committee and the U.N. EDIFACT Working Group. When: July 9 through 13, 2001 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. Where: Washington Athletic Club, 1325 6th Ave., Seattle, Washington. Details: The CEFACT CEFACT Centre for the Facilitation of the Administration, Commerce and Transport D4 Transport Group and ANSI X12 will hold a joint working session as part of an ongoing project that has been in progress for the past year. Industry representatives from around the world representing different transport segments, such as trucking, rail, ocean and for the first time, air, will gather to ensure that certain core components, such as container attributes and names and addresses of shippers, will be included in the XML business standard. ANSI X12 is the electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. standard of the American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. . CEFACT is the Center for Administration, Commerce and Transport under the UN Economic Commission for Europe Noun 1. Economic Commission for Europe - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe of which the US is a member. About LOG-NET, Inc. Founded in 1991, LOG-NET, Inc. of Little Silver, N.J. was established to provide the finest trade, transportation, and logistics information systems. The company has grown from a supplier of custom logistics solutions into a developer of integrated trade management applications active in more than 20 countries around the world. LOG-NET's management and design team is comprised of individuals with leading-edge technical skills and practical operating experience in logistics and operations management. This in-depth understanding of trade and logistics, balanced with the highest levels of technical capability, is reflected throughout the company's products and services. Note to editors: LOG-NET and LOG-NET Version 4.0 are registered trademarks. All trademarks and registered trademarks contained herein remain the property of their respective companies. |
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