UN/CEFACT XML schema format, a software-neutral format, is it for real?

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21 years 8 months

Jenn,

Thanks for the clarification. I hope Asta and Spider will soon join the list as I am an advocate of competition and free enterprise. The more software developers join the more the probabilities of success of this standard.

I wonder if there is a certification requirement, but as long as it is impartial I would not object to it, on the contrary.

I believe contractors as well as owners have a right to manage their portfolios in a way it does not interfere with the rights of the other party and such a standard can help.

Perhaps the standard shall include a set of common fields plus a set particular to each software so that all parties keep on record all source data. This because no way a standard will provide same output from different software. In this way the agencies can have their own software and a copy of the submitting software or its viewer when available.

Best Regards,

Rafael

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14 years 9 months

Hi Rafael - 

Great post - I can't help answer your questions but I wanted to point out that Acumen Fuse is also compliant with the UN/CEFACT XML schema.  I see you listed a link with info on our free web-based file converter for UN/CEFACT as well but didn't explain what it was.   

Visit: http://www.projectacumen.com/products/my-schedule-index/ to convert your schedule to UN/CEFACT XML.