The XML iMarket Project Planning Team will meet on Monday, October 6, =
1997, 9:00am to 12:00pm PDT. =20
The meeting location will be the CommerceNet offices, 4005 Miranda Ave, =
Suite 175, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650-858-1930) unless otherwise notified. =
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I will arrange for 800# conference call facilities for those unable to =
attend in person and send the 800# information to those who have replied =
and confirmed their interest in participating.
If you can attend, please reply confirming whether you will be able to =
attend in person or whether you will attend via the 800# conference =
call. Please note that attendence in person or phone is limited to =
members of CommerceNet's Information Access Portfolio only.
The goal of the meeting is to develop a detailed project plan and =
Request For Proposal (if needed) to identify companies or consultants =
with expertise required to help on the project. The iMarket Project is =
designed to take the XML catalog files and Document Type Definition =
files produced during the recently completed XML Catalog project. The =
general plan is to build a demonstration virtual marketplace which =
utilizes the multiple vendor XML catalogs with standard DTDs and allows =
shoppers to search for products across vendors by specifying product and =
merchant attributes. Another goal of this project is to demonstrate how =
the use of XML stylesheets will allow vendors/merchants to maintain =
"brand equity" while using common description templates (DTDs).
The XML Catalog tutorial and sample XML/DTD files are available for =
members at:
http://members.commerce.net/pw/portfolios/access/xml/xml-demo.html
CommerceNet IA Portfolio Members, please review these XML documents and =
let me know if you or someone else in your company is interested in =
participating.
Non-members, please reply if you are interested in becoming members or =
being put on the RFP list.
Thank you for your continued support.
Patrick Gannon, Executive Director
Information Access Portfolio, CommerceNet
http://www.commerce.net/services/portfolios/
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President & CEO, Internet Shopping Directory, Inc.
865 Tahoe Blvd., Suite 211, Incline Village, NV 89451
702-831-2251 702-831-3925 (Fax)
mailto://patrick@shoppingdirect.com
http://www.shoppingdirect.com