How does xCBL relate to other commerce specifications?
xCBL is not a single standard; rather it is a collection of common business elements that underlie all EDI and Internet commerce protocols. xCBL has been developed and modeled after EDI semantics such as X12 and EDIFACT to preserve and extend the EDI investments of the trading partners. Its reusable components speed the implementation of standards and facilitate their interoperation by providing a common semantic framework.
