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A Call to Action: Internet and Electronic Data Interchange
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1993 10:58:11 -0500
For Immediate Release December 4, 1993 A Call to Action: Internet and Electronic Data Interchange "Come on in, the water's fine!" invited the speaker at a recent workshop, summoning all those interested in helping to develop a standardized way to use the Internet for electronic data interchange (EDI). Internet standards development requires collaboration and grass-roots partici- pation. The education community is now providing opportunities for open discussion on EDI and the Internet. The result will likely have signifi- cant consequences for current and future users of the Internet. Over the past ten years, business and government have depended increasingly on EDI as a fast, economical, and dependable way to conduct business transactions. Computer-to-computer communication is replacing such paper forms as purchase orders, court conviction records, and mortgage credit reports. Commercial value-added networks (VANs) have been the traditional carriers of EDI messages. Now the education community is pioneering efforts to take advantage of widespread Internet availability to reap the benefits of EDI while addressing issues of authentication, access control, data integrity, and confidentiality. The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) sponsored a mid-October Vancouver workshop attended by some 250 users of EDI formats for student records. Two speakers on Internet issues were invited to share their expertise. Kelly McDonald is a member of the Westnet Steering Committee, and David Crocker is a member and area director of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Both experts are enthusiastic about the possibility of using Internet for EDI. Crocker put forward an initial proposal for using EDI over the Internet. He outlined the steps needed to finalize such a standard. Key to this process is putting together a work group that has the passion, skill, and time to pursue the topic. The remaining components are: -- establishing a listserv for discussion of this topic -- drafting a proposal for comment -- inviting open discussion on the proposal -- revising the proposal according to the discussion -- submitting the proposal to the IETF for approval AACRAO's SPEEDE/ExPRESS Project, the driving force behind the workshop and this development effort, has issued a call to action directed at potential users of this standard. Brigham Young University hosts the listserv established for this topic. To subscribe send an e-mail message to: LISTSERV () BYU EDU. The text of the message should only contain the following: sub ietf-edi <your-name> Messages may be sent to IETF-EDI () BYU EDU For information contact: Lysbeth Bainbridge, AACRAO EDI Coordinator, (202) 293-7383 or BAINBRIDGEL () AACRAO NCHE EDU.
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