HR-XML Europe Merges with HR-XML Consortium

The HR-XML Consortium is pleased to announce the unification of HR-XML Europe and the HR-XML Consortium, forming a global organization dedicated to creating standard XML vocabularies to facilitate data exchange across HR applications. After two years of cooperative efforts to bring the two organizations together as a single entity, the process is complete. All HR-XML Europe members are now members of the HR-XML Consortium.

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HR-XML 3.1 Projects for 2010

HR-XML 3.1 Projects for 2010
HR-XML is gearing up for 3.1 projects in 2010. Based on interest from our community, the Consortium is considering the following projects:

• Absence Planning
• Compensation
• I-9 and E-Verify
• New Hire
• Payroll
• Screening Catalog and Drug Test Report
• Search Document

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The 3.0 Certification Case Study Webcast looked at the integration processes that architects and analysts must be familiar with in order to have a successful HR-XML 3.0 implementation. In this case study, Randstad US reviewed an actual 3.0 staffing implementation, highlighting some of the challenges and how they were resolved. If you are interested in implementation, please view the powerpoint and listen to the recording of this webcast.  

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The HR-XML Consortium is pleased to announce the availability of its new XML standards, the HR-XML 3.0 Release. This new version of the HR-XML standards aligns its schemas for human resources interoperability applications with the Open Applications Group implementation of UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) core components, making them more universal than ever. 

The new standards were created with the goal of greatly improving data and knowledge transfer. For example, the new schemas can now be utilized within the standard toolsets of software developers for most major vendors.  In addition, developers working in the IT departments of large corporations will also have an easier time understanding, integrating, and writing applications for HR using HR-XML schemas, which have become the standard for OAGIS in the HR vertical industry.

 “The 3.0 release is a modernization of HR-XML standards,” said Mark Cates, an executive board member of the HR-XML Consortium, who played a leading role in compiling and developing the 3.0 standards. “More importantly, the release represents the building of relationships with the standards bodies of other industries. We are now consulting, directly and indirectly, with peers in other vertical industries. This will only enhance data sharing and interoperability within our industry.”

“In the ecosystem of ‘Human Resources’ there is never just one application,” said Romuald Restout, President of the HR-XML Consortium.  “Our work at the Consortium has reduced the cost of the development and support of these applications.  Data is shared faster.  From an end-user perspective, this means that HR teams get the flexibility to choose across multiple vendors, focusing on ‘best of breed’ applications as opposed to worrying about interoperability.”

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