High Tech Industry:Document Standards Used
In addition to the more common standards such as ANSI X12 and EDIFACT the high tech industry has had some success with trying to develop an industry standard based around XML. At the height of the dotcom boom in the early 2000s a number of new XML standards were developed to meet the needs of companies working across the high tech industry. RosettaNet is a popular XML standard in use today. However, it tends to be used in parallel with the more established EDI document standards such as ANSI X12 and EDIFACT. RosettaNet has developed XML standards to cover the procure-to-pay and order-to-cash process spectrum. Partner Interface Processes (PIPS) are the XML-based documents that form the basis of the RosettaNet standard. RosettaNet is a subsidiary of GS1 US.
Another standard that has been successfully deployed across the high tech is the Open Applications Group Integration Specification (OAGIS). Developed by the Open Applications Group, OAGIS is an effort to provide a canonical business language for information integration. It uses XML as the common way of defining business messages and for identifying business processes that allow businesses and business applications to communicate with each other. OAGIS is one of the most complete set of XML business messages currently available, but it also accommodates the additional requirements of specific industries by partnering with various vertical industry groups.
