scope:

The present document identifies Recommendations for standardization in the field of XML for electronic data interchange. The present document is particularly applicable to those parties to which the induvidual recommendations are targeted at, or any other organisation which has influence / activity in these fields. This includes: User communities, Supplier communities, Standardization bodies. This document also provides an overview of the background to XML in an electronic data interchange context. This document is not intented to describe the precise standards, their use, or implementation information. However, further information is available via the reference documents, the project websites as well as numerous other web resources.