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Re: <ADVOCACY> Why I Don't Like XML
William
> Earl, don't look to the 800-lb. gorillas to initiate revolutions. It's
> unlikely a gorilla would exclusively mandate a gussied-up UML-modeled
> core-componentized ISO 11179 compliant XML based e-business standard.
I agree, but the 800 lb gorilla (Walmart) had a lot of force in the
marketplace.
When Walmart pushed Bisynch modems, their trading partners had no choice.
When Walmart pushed AS2, again the trading partners had no choice.
They make these decisions because they are better economically FOR THEM, not to
advance the technology.
Any new technology must show good economic benefits, or it will be delegated to
some niche.
I don't see those benefits with XML or any of the other acronyms being thrown
around recently.
Show us the benefits... You'll see the converts ;-)
> Medicare is another case in point. That's why HIPAA's TCS Rule strictly
> mandates - for the most part - crusty, old X12 EDI for claims, payments
> and whatnot. Is that why Martin Morrison is stuck with abominations like
> 300 megabyte 837 Healthcare Claim transactions? And to this day, 9 years
> after HIPAA was promulgated, Medicare itself still can't conform
> completely to the "standard" HIPAA EDI guidelines.
Wasn't the main culprit the government who mandated HIPAA?
In that case, the economic benefits are _not_ considerations. ;-)
Earl Wertheimer
http://www.spe-edi.com
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