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In 1997, PureEdge released ICS and in 1998, published XFDL (Extensible Forms Description Language), the first XML protocol for enforceable documents on the Internet. Co-authored by PureEdge and Tim Bray, XFDL was submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is the first to be acknowledged by the W3C for enforceable XML documents. Since its submission, XFDL has played an important role in the W3C's ongoing work on secure XML and XHTML.

cXML is a streamlined protocol intended for consistent communication of business documents between procurement applications, e-commerce hubs and suppliers. Claimed to be the most widely adopted B2B protocol cXML supports catalogue content and supplier descriptions, PunchOut (of a few varieties), Master Agreement, Purchase Order (create, edit and delete), Order Confirmation, Ship Notice, Invoice and various additional synchronization and integration transactions.

TranXML, a new extensible markup language (XML) solution, is being proposed as the new industry standard for e-commerce related activities between shippers and carriers. It was created specifically for the procurement and delivery of transportation and logistics services required for supply chain execution. This groundbreaking work to introduce TranXML to the market was accomplished by Transentric, based on the X.12 and XMLSolutions meta data repository. Transentric 's goal for TranXML is to remove barriers and to dramatically increase the use of e-Commerce as it relates to transportation and logistics services.

hr-xml.org is home to the HR-XML Consortium, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of standardized XML vocabularies for human resources (HR).

PRISM (Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata) is an extensible XML metadata standard for syndicating, aggregating, post-processing and multi-purposing content from magazines, news, catalogs, books and mainstream journals.

Central resource site for the WebDAV community. WebDAV stands for "Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning". It is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol which allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers.

XrML - eXtensible rights Markup Language - is the Digital Rights Language of choice. XrML provides a universal method for securely specifying and managing rights and conditions associated with all kinds of resources including digital content as well as services.

Value Chain Markup Language - VCML is an agreed-to business vocabulary that takes a vocabulary-based approach to B2B collaboration. VCML packages provide industry-specific schemas, guides and resources to implementing VCML.Currently, VCML packages provide complete support for: Aerospace, Automotive, Banking & Finance, Education, Energy, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Petrochemical, Retail, Telecommunications, and Transportation.

XsdDoc 1.0 is a documentation tool that automatically generates detailed reports from XML Schema definitions. XsdDoc transforms plain XML files into cross-referenced and hyperlinked HTML documents for easy website publication and collaboration among developers.

Guideline XML (gXML) is an open specification designed to facilitate the exchange of e-commerce guidelines using Extensible Markup Language (XML). Guidelines are used to define business documents such as purchase orders, catalog requests and invoices.

esohXML.org is an on-line community with the purpose of helping environmental, safety, and occupational health (ESOH) professionals develop Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) technologies to leverage the vast information and data resources in this market.

"The XML Common Business Library (xCBL) is a set of XML building blocks and a document framework that allows the creation of robust, reusable, XML documents to facilitate global trading. It essentially serves as the "mother code," providing one language that all participants in eCommerce can understand. This interoperability allows businesses everywhere to easily exchange documents across multiple e-marketplaces, giving global access to buyers, suppliers, and providers of business services."

Open Financial Exchange is a specification for the electronic exchange of financial data between financial institutions, business and consumers via the Internet. 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.

XML Schemas express shared vocabularies and allow machines to carry out rules made by people. They provide a means for defining the structure, content and semantics of XML documents.

FpML (Financial products Markup Language) is a new protocol to enable e-commerce activities in the field of financial derivatives. The FpML.org web site serves as the focal point for all aspects of the FpML standard development effort, including a repository for all specification documents.

Very comprehensive information site concentrating on XML,RDF and OWL. Contains tutorials, worked examples and news. Excellent resources and starting point.

XRML is a rules based markup language that can allow exchange of structured rules over the Internet and automate form processing with the exchanged rule.

Market Data Definition Language (MDDL) is an XML-based interchange format and common data dictionary on the fields needed to describe 1) financial instruments, 2) corporate events affecting value and tradability and 3) market-related, economic and industrial indicators. The principal function of MDDL is to allow entities to exchange market data by standardizing formats and definitions.

Lightweight XML DTD and XSL Style-Sheets for the structuring of Resumés and Job Listings. The purpose of this project is to implement a simple but well structured and balanced standard data exchange format between job seekers, employers, recruiters, and listing services.

VCML is a set of industry-specific vocabularies, transactions, elements, and guidelines that support supply and demand chain collaboration within and across vertical industries. VCML is based-upon a centralized library of reusable components used to build industry-specific vocabularies. Specialized, industry-specific markup language vocabularies are not separate vocabularies, but are instead subsets of the VCML superset. The vocabulary approach aims to support greater collaboration within industries regardless of national boundaries and languages.

The Open Healthcare Group is an organization devoted to the promotion and distribution of an open source health record, XChart. Using the latest XML Internet technology, xchart is designed to automate and streamline the practice of medicine.

Tailored for Web Services developers, XML Schema2Java(tm) Compiler automatically converts XML Schemas into Java classes.

The Business Process Management Initiative aims to drive standards which will create better integration of business processes that span multiple applications, corporate departments, and business partners, behind the firewall and over the Internet.

You guessed it. An XML schema for recipes, RecipeML. Definition, downloads and examples.

GEML, an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based tag set, was developed by Rosetta Inpharmatics and others in the GEML community to provide a standard method of exchanging gene expression data along with the associated gene and experiment annotation. The GEML community consists of a group of organizations dedicated to guiding the future development of GEML and integrating support for this format into their products and services