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Allora brings even more value to application developers or
DBAs that need to integrate any relational database (Oracle, DB2,
SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, MS Access, Gupta, Ingres, Datacom, IDMS,
PostgreSQL, VisualFox Pro, Pointbase, etc…) with complex industry
standard schemas. Any manual process of accomplishing the same is
so tedious and error prone that it has become impractical from a
development and cost perspective. HiT Software is committed to support
even the largest XML schemas from all industries. Allora is currently
certified to work with ACORD, AgXML, Bioml, CellML, CDISC, CIDX,
CXML, FpML, HL7, HR-XML, IFX, JusticeXML, LegalXML, MpXML, MISMO,
OFX, PIDX, RosettaNet, UCCnet, VoiceXML, XBRL.
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| ACORD |
A global, nonprofit insurance association. |
| AgXML |
A group of organizations committed to bringing the
efficiencies of e-commerce to grain and oilseed related business processes. |
| Bioml |
a new XML language designed to be used for the annotation of biopolymer sequence information. |
| CellML |
The purpose of CellML is to store and exchange computer-based mathematical models. |
| CDISC |
CDISC develops and supports global, platform-independent data
standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical
research and related areas of healthcare. |
| CIDX |
A company focused on improving the ease, speed and cost
effectiveness of electronic business transactions between chemical companies
and their trading partners. |
| cXML.org |
cXML is a streamlined protocol intended for consistent
communication of business documents between procurement applications,
e-commerce hubs and suppliers. |
| FpML |
FpML (Financial products Markup Language) is the industry-standard
protocol for complex financial products. |
| HL7 |
Health Level Seven is one of several American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) accredited Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) operating
in the healthcare arena. |
| HR-XML |
An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the
development and promotion of a standard suite of XML specifications to enable
e-business and the automation of human resources-related data exchanges. |
| IFX |
The Interactive Financial eXchange Forum was formed in
1997 to create a messaging standard for financial services that would
address the challenges faced with the advent of network-based computing
models. |
| JusticeXML |
The Global Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM) is intended
to be a data reference model for the exchange of information within the justice
and public safety communities. |
| LegalXML |
Brings legal and technical experts together to create standards
for the electronic exchange of legal data. |
| Meat & Poultry XML |
A new 'mpXML' consortium has been formed to define a technical
infrastructure supporting XML-based e-commerce within the meat and poultry industry. |
| MISMO |
Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, Inc. (MISMO)
was established by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) to coordinate the development
and maintenance of Internet based Extensible Markup Language (XML) real estate finance
specifications. |
| OFX |
Open Financial Exchange is a specification for the electronic
exchange of financial data between financial institutions, business and
consumers via the Internet. |
| PIDX |
The Petroleum Industry Data Exchange, PIDX, is the American
Petroleum Institute’s (API) committee on Electronic Business. |
| RosettaNet |
RosettaNet continues to open the lines of communication so
that companies can realize the full potential of the digital economy. |
| UCCnet |
a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc.® (UCC® ),
established in 1999 in response to growing requests from retailers and
suppliers to address the problem of inaccurate supply chain data. |
| VoiceXML |
The VoiceXML Forum is an industry organization of more than
325 member companies whose mission is to promote and to accelerate the worldwide
adoption of VoiceXML-based applications. |
| XBRL |
XBRL is a language for the electronic communication of business
and financial data which is set to revolutionise business reporting around the world. |
Based in New York, ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development)
is a global, nonprofit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development
and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries.
With offices in London as well, ACORD accomplishes its mission by remaining an objective,
independent advocate for sharing information among diverse platforms. ACORD Standards and
services improve efficiency and expand market reach. Affiliated with ACORD are hundreds of
insurance and reinsurance companies, and thousands of agents and brokers, related financial
services organizations, software providers, and industry organizations worldwide.
website: www.acord.org
AgXML is a group of organizations committed to bringing
the efficiencies of e-commerce to grain and oilseed related business processes.
AgXML focuses efficient electronically-enabled business processes based on
XML schemas that support the data requirements of its members.
website: www.agxml.org
BIOML is a new XML language designed to be used for the annotation
of biopolymer sequence information. BIOML allows the full specification of all
experimental information known about molecular entities composed of biopolymers,
for example, proteins and genes.
website: http://bioinformatics.genomicsolutions.com
The purpose of CellML is to store and exchange computer-based mathematical
models. CellML allows scientists to share models even if they are using different model-building
software. It also enables them to reuse components from one model in another, thus accelerating
model building. Although CellML was originally intended for the description of biological
models, CellML also includes information about model structure (how the parts of a model
are organizationally related to one another), mathematics (equations describing the
underlying processes) and metadata (additional information about the model that allows
scientists to search for specific models or model components in a database or other
repository).
website: www.cellml.org
CDISC is an open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization that has
established worldwide industry standards to support the electronic acquisition, exchange,
submission and archiving of clinical trials data and metadata for medical and biopharmaceutical
product development. The mission of CDISC is to develop and support global, platform-independent
data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research
and related areas of healthcare.
website: www.cdisc.org
From its beginning, CIDX has focused on improving
the ease, speed and cost effectiveness of electronic business transactions
between chemical companies and their trading partners. As electronic
commerce in the chemical industry evolved, CIDX led the effort to
standardize data and business processes in order to reduce connectivity
barriers and improve data accuracy while ultimately increasing efficiency,
reliability and the speed of electronic transactions.
website: www.cidx.org
Created in February 1999, cXML is a streamlined protocol
intended for consistent communication of business documents between procurement
applications, e-commerce hubs and suppliers. The current standard includes
documents for setup (company details and transaction profiles), catalogue
content, application integration (including the widely-used PunchOut feature),
original, change and delete purchase orders and responses to all of these requests,
order confirmation and ship notice documents (cXML analogues of EDI 855 and 856
transactions) and new invoice documents.
website: www.cxml.org
FpML (Financial products Markup Language) is the industry-standard protocol for
complex financial products. FpML mission is to streamline the process supporting
trading activities in the financial derivatives domain through the creation, maintenance
and promotion of an e-business language for describing these products and associated
business interactions based on industry standards.
website: www.fpml.org
Health Level Seven is one of several American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) accredited Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) operating in the
healthcare arena. Most SDOs produce standards (sometimes called specifications or
protocols) for a particular healthcare domain such as pharmacy, medical devices,
imaging or insurance (claims processing) transactions. Health Level Seven’s domain
is clinical and administrative data. HL7 mission is: "To provide standards for
the exchange, management and integration of data that support clinical patient
care and the management, delivery and evaluation of healthcare services. Specifically,
to create flexible, cost effective approaches, standards, guidelines, methodologies,
and related services for interoperability between healthcare information systems."
website: www.hl7.org
The HR-XML Consortium is an independent, non-profit organization
dedicated to the development and promotion of a standard suite of XML specifications
to enable e-business and the automation of human resources-related data exchanges.
The mission of the HR-XML Consortium is to spare employers and vendors the risk and
expense of having to negotiate and agree upon data interchange mechanisms on an ad-hoc
basis. By developing and publishing open data exchange standards based on Extensible
Markup Language ("XML"), the Consortium provides the means for any company to transact
with other companies without having to establish, engineer, and implement many separate
interchange mechanisms.
Website: www.hr-xml.org
The Interactive Financial eXchange Forum was formed in 1997 to create a
messaging standard for financial services that would address the challenges faced with the
advent of network-based computing models. Based on the work previously done by the Open
Financial Exchange (OFX) and IBM/Integrion GOLD standard, the Forum proceeded to re-invest
all of the knowledge gained from those standards to design a next generation XML standard
that would be usable in many types of environments, extensible to cover many types of
financial transactions and globally focused in recognition of the increase need to communicate
around the world. The IFX Forum membership is made up of industry leading financial
institutions, service providers and independent software vendors, all of who believe in
the process of open, industry driven standards creation.
Website: www.ifxforum.org
The Global Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM) is intended to be
a data reference model for the exchange of information within the
justice and public safety communities. The Global JXDM is a product
of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative's (Global)
Infrastructure and Standards Working Group (ISWG). It was developed
by the Global ISWG's XML Structure Task Force (XSTF). The following
are key links to Global JXDM resources.
website: http://it.ojp.gov/jxdm/
LegalXML brings legal and technical experts together to create
standards for the electronic exchange of legal data. LegalXML is a member section
within OASIS the not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development,
convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the
LegalXML agenda, using the open OASIS technical process expressly designed to
promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. LegalXML produces standards
for electronic court filing, court documents, legal citations, transcripts, criminal
justice intelligence systems, and others. OASIS members participating in LegalXML
include lawyers, developers, application vendors, government agencies and members
of academia.
Website: www.legalxml.org
A new 'mpXML' consortium has been formed to define a technical infrastructure
supporting XML-based e-commerce within the meat and poultry industry. Meat and Poultry XML
(mpXML) "brings together companies working to establish voluntary, public domain
Extensible Markup Language (XML) data standards that can be used throughout the industry.
The membership of mpXML is comprised of companies representing all sectors of the meat
and poultry industry, including producers, packers, processors, wholesale distributors,
brokers, retailers, purchases bulk quantities of meat or poultry, associations, government
agencies, and technology and services providers. mpXML is in the process of forming the
Work Groups that will develop the standard to support B2B e-commerce for meat and
poultry industry. In its initial stages, the work will focus on electronic communication
between producers and retailers and purchasers of bulk quantities of meat or poultry
products. Membership is open to all meat and poultry industry suppliers, non-supplier
companies, government agencies, and incorporated industry associations that provide
service in the meat and poultry industry and wish to participate in and support the
development of the mpXML standards.
website: www.mpxml.org
Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, Inc. (MISMO) was established
by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) to coordinate the development and maintenance of
Internet based Extensible Markup Language (XML) real estate finance specifications. MISMO
utilizes an open and democratic vendor-neutral approach to the development and maintenance
of a single real estate finance XML DTD transaction repository. MISMO has published specifications
that support mortgage insurance application, mortgage insurance loan boarding, secondary,
bulk pricing, real estate services, credit reporting and underwriting process areas. The
specifications are freely available for industry implementation via the MISMO website.
website: www.mismo.org
Open Financial Exchange is a specification for the electronic exchange
of financial data between financial institutions, business and consumers via the
Internet. Created by CheckFree, Intuit and Microsoft in early 1997, Open Financial
Exchange supports a wide range of financial activities including consumer and small
business banking, consumer and small business bill payment, bill presentment, and
investments tracking, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and 401(k) account details.
Since 2000, with the 2.0 specification, OFX has become XML 1.0 compliant and has added
1098, 1099 and W2 tax form download capabilities.
website: www.ofx.net
The Petroleum Industry Data Exchange, PIDX, is
the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) committee on Electronic
Business. For over fourteen years oil companies, their customers,
suppliers and other business partners have collaborated on scores
of projects. These projects have reengineered entire business processes
and operations for greater efficiency and profitability through
the implementation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and emerging
Electronic Business technologies such as the Internet and eXtensible
Markup Language (XML).
website: www.pidx.org
RosettaNet was founded in February 1998 by 40 Computer and Consumer Electronics
(CCE) companies, and quickly grew to include the Electronic Components (EC), Semiconductor
Manufacturing (SM) and Telecommunications (TC) industries as well as the Logistics (LG) and
Solution Provider (SP) communities. RosettaNet took its name from the ancient Rosetta Stone,
a basalt slab discovered in Egypt in 1799. The stone, found near the town of Rosette, was
inscribed with the same message in three languages, dating back to 196 B.C. Although the
message was of little significance, scholars were able to use the Greek message to translate
two forms of Egyptian writing — cracking the code of hieroglyphics. Much like its namesake,
RosettaNet is breaking language barriers and making history. By establishing a global
language for e-business, RosettaNet continues to open the lines of communication so that
companies can realize the full potential of the digital economy, including highly effective
trading networks, operational efficiencies and new business opportunities.
website: www.rosettanet.org
UCCnet, a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc.® (UCC® ), was
established in 1999 in response to growing requests from retailers and suppliers to address
the problem of inaccurate supply chain data. Inaccurate or outdated data that is used in
invoice pricing or purchase orders can result in product delivery errors and lost sales -
problems that have been estimated to cost industry over $50 billion annually. UCCnet was
originally conceived and created with the active support and participation of users from
the retail and consumer package goods industries. Since its inception, UCCnet has
expanded into additional sectors, including hardlines, private label, Direct Store
Delivery (DSD), pharmaceutical, office supply, apparel, automotive aftermarket, home
entertainment, chemicals, and others. Currently, thousands of leading retailer and
supplier subscribers, representing a variety of industry verticals, utilize UCCnet
Data Pool Services to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their trading partner
collaboration.
website: www.UCCnet.org
The VoiceXML Forum is an industry organization of more than 325 member companies
whose mission is to promote and to accelerate the worldwide adoption of VoiceXML-based
applications. To this end, the Forum serves as an educational and technical resource,
a developer certification authority and a contributor and liaison to the Worldwide Web
Consortium (W3C) standards organization. The success of the Forum is reflected in the
widespread adoption of VoiceXML-based applications: hundreds of millions of calls each
day are handled by more than 10,000 of these applications around the world. VoiceXML is
a markup language for creating voice user interfaces. It uses speech recognition and/or
touchtone (DTMF keypad) for input, and pre-recorded audio and text-to-speech synthesis
(TTS) for output. Callers interact with VoiceXML applications via a VoiceXML “interpreter”
(also known as a “browser”) running on a telephony server in an analogous way to Web
surfers interacting with HTML applications via graphical browsers on their PCs. The Forum
was founded in March, 1999 by AT&T, IBM, Lucent and Motorola. These founding members have
since been joined on the Board of Directors by industry leaders Hewlett-Packard, Nuance,
Oracle, Verizon, Vocalocity, VoiceGenie and West Corporation. Together, this group is
referred to as the Forum’s Sponsor Members. Any interested company may join the Forum as
a Promoter or Supporter (see a description of membership levels and benefits in the “Join
Today” section), and companies may, from time to time, be invited by the Board of Directors
to join as Sponsor Members.
website: www.voicexml.org
XBRL is a language for the electronic communication of business and financial data
which is set to revolutionise business reporting around the world. It provides major benefits
in the preparation, analysis and communication of business information. It offers cost savings,
greater efficiency and improved accuracy and reliability to all those involved in supplying or
using financial data. XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It is one of a
family of "XML" languages which is becoming a standard means of communicating information
between businesses and on the internet. XBRL is being developed by an international non-profit
consortium of approximately 250 major companies, organisations and government agencies. It is
an open standard, free of licence fees. It is already being put to practical use in a number
of countries and implementations of XBRL are growing rapidly around the world.
website: www.xbrl.org
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