From: Roy Roebuck [roebuckr@erols.com]

Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 10:42 PM

To: 'XML-EDI List'

Cc: 'suzuki@yy.cs.keio.ac.jp'

Subject: CASE Data Interchange Format

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Categories: _GEM Related, _Roy

Hi Folks:

In the same way that XML/EDI is seeking to use XML as an interchange mechanism for electronic data interchange, the CASE Data Interchange Format (CDIF) group (http://www.cdif.org/) is building standards on CASE model interchange. The references to UML and XML fit within the CDIF domain. A broader discussion of XML applied to CDIF is at http://www.cdif.org/overview/XmlSyntax.html.

Current EIA standards that apply to UML are shown below.

• * EIA/IS - 106, CDIF CASE Data Interchange Format - Overview
• * EIA/IS - 107, CDIF Framework for Modeling and Extensibility
• * EIA/IS - 108, CDIF Transfer Format General Rules for Syntaxes and Encodings
• * EIA/IS - 109, CDIF Transfer Format Syntax SYNTAX.1
• * EIA/IS - 110, CDIF Transfer Format Encoding ENCODING.1
• * EIA/IS - 111, CDIF Integrated Meta-model Foundation Subject Area

I'm quite amazed at the common ground and intersections of the current XML, UML, CDIF, OSD (Open Software Description), EDI, EC, LDAP, and PKI efforts.