An XML schema, released by the Business and Accounting Software Developers' Association (Basda), allows systems to understand purchase orders and invoices produced to different formats by using the web language XML to describe the data contained. Analysts are divided over the adoption of eBIS-XML - they welcome the move but caution that the standard may not achieve the critical mass needed to ensure its success.
Instant links between enterprise resource planning and accounting systems built by different suppliers may be possible if vendors adopt a fledgling British standard. An XML schema, released by th...
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