ECCMA Announces New Technology to Make it Easier for Government Agencies to Purchase Goods and Services Over the Internet.Business Editors BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2002 The Electronic Commerce Code Management Association (ECCMA ECCMA Electronic Commerce Code Management Association ) and Lehigh University Lehigh University, at Bethlehem, Pa.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1866 by Asa Packer. It has undergraduate colleges of arts and science, business and economics, and engineering and applied science, as well as several graduate programs. signed an agreement to work with Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center ) of Johnstown, PA on the development of the functional specifications for standardized catalog builders and browsers. The project is centered on the new ECCMA Open Technical Dictionary (eOTD). The eOTD is an open standard for product catalogs that leverages the work of the Federal Cataloging System, a truly amazing 50-year-old initiative by the US government in cataloging that was developed to streamline the supply chain. This cataloging system, managed by the Defense Logistics Information Service The Defense Logistics Information Service, or DLIS, provides logistics and information technology services to the United States Department of Defense, Federal agencies, and international partners. External links
DLIS Defense Logistics Information System DLIS Digital Log Interchange Standard ) in Battle Creek Battle Creek, city (1990 pop. 53,540), Calhoun co., S Mich., at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers; settled 1831, inc. as a city 1859. It is an agricultural trade center known for its cereals. , Mich., is now used to maintain the world's largest inventory system and has become one of the cornerstones of a remarkable effort in international cooperation at the heart of NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. and the Partnership for Peace. Commenting on the agreement Yvette Thomas the Executive Director of ECCMA said: "This is a major initiative that would not have been possible without the vision and commitment of the leaders and staff of DLIS. We are grateful to DLIS for their willingness to support the development of open standards that will benefit all businesses by making it easier for them to be visible not only to government buyers but to all buyers." Dr. Donald Hillman, Professor of Computer Science, and the leader of the Lehigh University contribution to the project said: "The eOTD is truly unique in the simplicity and elegance of its approach to solving the catalog standardization issue. Web catalogs coded to the eOTD will be able to be 'browsed' with far greater efficiency and accuracy than anything available today". Joe Homan, the Executive Director of Enterprise Integration at CTC said: "CTC is proud to have been chosen as the lead developer in this very important project that will improve visibility to Department of Defense contractors by providing better quality and more timely information on the goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. they have available." Editor Notes: CTC (www.ctc.com) is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization that provides management and technology-based solutions to a wide array of clients representing state and federal government as well as the private sector. Established in 1988, CTC operates from more than 20 locations throughout the United States with a staff of over 1,100 employees. ECCMA (www.ECCMA.org) is a not for profit membership association that develops and maintains open standards for content. ECCMA is based in Bethlehem, PA and has a growing membership of over 1,200 in 49 countries. Lehigh University (www.Lehigh.edu) is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania founded in 1865 offering B.S., B.A., M.S., MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration , Ph.D and Ed.D programs in 44 different fields to approximately 4,500 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students. Lehigh is a national leader in engineering research with an international reputation in several interdisciplinary fields, including information and communications technology, optoelectronics, and biotechnology. Lehigh also benefits from major research grants from government and industry. Web site address: www.eccma.org |
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