XML eCommerce Standards, What Works for You? 3
GByte Me asks: "I'm working on an XML document standard for a customer, working in mortgage origination and insurance (I'm aware of LIXI). We want to define some standard transactions, and respective schemas. There isn't a mature standard at the moment (or is there?). I really don't want to re-invent the wheel and I note that organizations like OAGIS, OASIS and others are setting some excellent standards. I'd like to ask any slashdot readers if they have experience working with these XML standards bodies. There seem to be a number of places to start looking for more information, and I'd certainly be interested in hearing of other readers experiences in this area. Before I start I really want to make sure I have a good overview of what prior art there may be. More generically how do you wade through and evaluate the various schemas that are already in the public domain?"
I found them to be immature at best (Score:2)
For example the Financial Products Markup Language [fpml.org] is a good example.
This is a horrendously complex set of XML schemas which do not appear to be greatly useful.
A lot of stuff was rushed out in order to jump on the XML bandwagon.
Look for stuff that is the XML conversion of some already existing message standard. FIXML for example leverages the FIX message format using XML as a transport.