Neil Harvey wrote:
>Looks like they are re-inventing EDI - "standard" and "extensible" messages
>designed for sheep by a committee made up of donkeys :)

While the web page spouts off about web e-commerce, the standard appears to
be a method to implement two-phase commits on top of a web architecture.  So
really, it's a standard that enables others to reinvent EDI standards and
extensible messages designed for sheep by a committee of
asses...er...donkeys. ;-)

Mark Wonsil
4M Enterprises, Inc.

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Subject: HP involved in XML Transaction Standard


HP is involved with IBM, Oracle, Sun and Bowstreet in developing a standard
to make web transactions standard across multiple vendors.  Here are some
snippets from the www.xaml.org web pages:

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