News Article Links for 22 Jan 2010

Article links for today are about U.S. media companies to take a proactive role in challenging foreign governments' demands for censorship and surveillance, a pair of new mobile e-commerce iPhone applications, and Lenders using social networks to assess applicants?
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The Twelve Days of EDIFACT

This morning on the EDI-L list a request was made to put together The 12 days of X12. This reminded me of the wonderful work by Bob Crowley and Brian Parkinson who created in 1988 the lyrics for “The Twelve Days of EDIFACT”.
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In search for the next generation of EDI

This posting outlines the efforts by UNECE in defining the next generation of EDI. The benefit to the reader will not only be an inside to story but more important it will provide an understanding why UN/CEFACT is where it is today. Further, it will help in putting WP.4/CEFACT’s work in perspective to other efforts underway.
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Is XML the eBusiness savior?

In 1998 there were various moves towards XML as an EDI replacement. Towards the end of that year UN/EDIFACT users demanded that UNECE (CEFACT) created an XML solution in order to protect is investment and leading role as the standards setter in electronic information exchange.
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Is XML the eBusiness savior? (Part2)

The question left unanswered in my last posting was “Does XML have the advantage over EDI to open up eCommerce to small and medium-size businesses?”; There is no question that XML has changed the eBusiness world.
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Where are the Simple eBusiness solutions?

Lately I see more and more eBusiness standards/specifications being release with the promise that the new solution can be easily implemented by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). To me this is a clear indication that those responsible for the new specification are clueless about what the SMEs needs really are.
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What does it take to develop a SME solution?

In my last postings I asked the questions “where are the Simple eBusiness solutions?” and “if it works, why change?” I will ask now “what would it take to develop a eBusiness solution for SMEs to engage in the automated exchange of electronic data?”
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