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CXML
cXML (commerce eXtensible Markup Language) is a streamlined protocol, created by Ariba in 1999, intended for communication of electronic business documents between procurement applications, e-commerce hubs, and suppliers. cXML is based on XML and provides formal XML schemas for standard business transactions, allowing programs to modify and validate documents without prior knowledge of their form. The protocol does not include the full breadth of interactions some parties may wish to communicate. However, it can be expanded through the use of extrinsic elements and newly defined domains for various identifiers. This expansion is the limit of point-to-point configurations necessary for communication. The current protocol standard includes documents for setup (company details and transaction profiles), catalogue content, application integration (including the widely used PunchOut feature), original, change and delete purchase orders and responses to all of these requests, order confirmation and ship notice documents (cXML analogues of EDI 855 and 856 transactions) and new invoice documents. PunchOut is a protocol for interactive sessions managed across the Internet, facilitating communication between applications through a dialog of real-time, synchronous cXML messages that support user interaction at a remote site.…
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cXML (commerce eXtensible Markup Language) is a streamlined protocol, created by Ariba in 1999, intended for communication of electronic business documents between procurement applications, e-commerce hubs, and suppliers. cXML is based on XML and provides formal XML schemas for standard business transactions, allowing programs to modify and validate documents without prior knowledge of their form. The protocol does not include the full breadth of interactions some parties may wish to communicate. However, it can be expanded through the use of extrinsic elements and newly defined domains for various identifiers. This expansion is the limit of point-to-point configurations necessary for communication. The current protocol standard includes documents for setup (company details and transaction profiles), catalogue content, application integration (including the widely used PunchOut feature), original, change and delete purchase orders and responses to all of these requests, order confirmation and ship notice documents (cXML analogues of EDI 855 and 856 transactions) and new invoice documents. PunchOut is a protocol for interactive sessions managed across the Internet, facilitating communication between applications through a dialog of real-time, synchronous cXML messages that support user interaction at a remote site.…
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