Who standardizes the B2B DTDs or XML schemas so that businesses can exchange data in a standard format?
There are hundreds of efforts underway to standardize individual vertical market niches. OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is one organization that manages all kinds of B2B XML initiates. It is an international consortium focused on managing open standards for content and data interchange. The most relevant initiative is ebXML – the Electronic Business XML initiative, which is an effort to establish a global framework for the exchange of business data. The OASIS repository for XML schema is xml.org.
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