BrassRing Inc. Joins the HR-XML Consortium.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001 BrassRing Inc., the leading provider of recruiting software and services, including BrassRing Systems' Talent Relationship Management (TRM) solution, announced today that it has joined the HR-XML HR-XML Human Resources eXtensible Markup Language Consortium, an independent, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to the development and promotion of standardized 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. (Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. ) vocabularies for human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . As a member of the HR-XML Consortium, BrassRing is dedicated to driving best practices in open standard XML technology, further enabling e-commerce and automation of human resource-related data exchanges. "As a provider of both a Talent Relationship Management ASP and highly targeted job boards and exchanges, BrassRing is committed to the HR-XML standards to facilitate seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between systems," said Yuvinder Kochar, chief technology officer for BrassRing, Inc. "We are proud to be among the industry thought leaders to help create an open e-commerce framework for all of HR, including the Talent Relationship Management sector." "We are pleased to have BrassRing as a member of the HR-XML Consortium," said Chuck Allen Charles R. Allen (born September 7, 1939 in Cle Elum, Washington) is a former American collegiate and professional football player. He was a linebacker who played for the American Football League's San Diego Chargers, and the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, and Philadelphia Eagles. , director of HR-XML. "The participation of BrassRing and of so many other industry leaders with HR-XML helps ensure the creation of meaningful and durable standards for HR data interchange and e-Business." Extensible Markup Language or "XML" is the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). ) recommendation for developing descriptive markup languages
in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. ," the markup language used to create Web pages. The most important difference between HTML and XML is that XML explicitly identifies data content by allowing information creators to apply descriptive markup (or "tags") around each discrete element of data. This makes XML-tagged data easy for computers to access, transfer, index, search, and secure. XML is recognized as the clear technology choice for enabling inter-company data exchanges. In a variety of industries -- insurance, financial services, and accounting, for instance -- groups are forming to develop agreed-upon "XML vocabularies" and rules governing data-exchange. About The HR-XML Consortium The HR-XML Consortium is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of standardized human-resources-related XML vocabularies for enabling e-commerce and inter-company exchanges of human resources data worldwide. The Consortium is open to all interested parties, but membership is targeted to software vendors, employers, HR service suppliers, non-profit HR-related associations, and human resource professionals. For additional information, contact Chuck Allen at chucka@hr-xml.org, or by phone at 919/247-6881, or visit http://www.hr-xml.org. About BrassRing Inc. BrassRing Inc. is a leading provider of integrated recruiting solutions and Talent Relationship Management (TRM) systems designed to help companies hire better people faster. Created in September 1999 through the combination of several leading recruiting and hiring management firms, BrassRing Inc. consists of BrassRing Career Events, a leading sponsor of technology career fairs in North America and Europe; BrassRing Exchanges, a leading provider of online recruiting solutions for hard-to-hire candidates, including Information Technology employees, MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration graduates and candidates from diverse backgrounds; and BrassRing Systems, a leading provider of Talent Relationship Management solutions. BrassRing Inc. is owned by The Washington Post Company, Tribune Company, Gannett Co., Inc., and Accel Partners. For additional information, visit www.brassring.com. About BrassRing Systems BrassRing Systems, a division of BrassRing Inc., is the leading provider of Talent Relationship Management Solutions (TRM) for Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. The company delivers a comprehensive suite of integrated hiring solutions that help companies develop and maintain productive relationships with both internal and external candidates. Since 1997, BrassRing Systems has provided end-to-end TRM solutions for companies as demanding and diverse as SAP, Unisys, Cigna, Actuate and Union Pacific, among others. For additional information, visit www.brassringsystems.com. |
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