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References for creating Common Data Formats

Do you know of any references for creating Common Data Formats when modelling business objects for use in EAI solutions?

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This is a big subject and you need to approach it on an industry and technical domain basis. The short answer is that most industries either have developed or are in the process of developing XML markup languages to addresss specific needs. A good example is XBRL, which is a financial reporting language and FpML, which is a financial derivative markup language. A good start would be to Google "XML" and your industry.

This was first published in March 2002

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