XBITS (Book)
XBITS (Book Mfg. SIG)
XBITS (XML Book Industry Transaction Standards) is a Working Group of IDEAlliance and a BISG/BISAC Publisher/Manufacturer committee that is designing standard XML (Extensible Markup Language) transactions to facilitate bi-directional electronic data exchanges between publishers, printers, paper mills, and component vendors using the papiNet Standard as a basis.
Mission
A set of electronic documents that facilitate the flow of information among supply chain partners in the publishing/print industry. The effort supports efficient business-to-business (B2B) communication, improves the reach and richness of communication throughout the supply chain, and increases efficiencies in transaction activities while supporting interoperability among trading partners
Types of Companies
- Book Publishers
- Printers
- Book Paper Suppliers
- Component Suppliers
Membership
Co-Chairs
- McGraw-Hill
Brian Sharlach - RR Donnelley
Diane Degener
Publishers
- Hachette Book Group USA
- Harper Collins
- McGraw-Hill Companies
- Pearson
- Cengage Learning
Printers
- Courier Corporation
- Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing
- Press of Ohio/D.B.Hess
- Quebecor World
- RR Donnelley
Component & Paper Suppliers
- Lehigh Press
- NewPage Corp
- Phoenix Color
Resources
Upcoming Events
- Next Meeting: 15-17 December 2008 Upper Saddle River, NJ; Hosted by Pearson Education
- Web-Ex Calls to discuss Implementation Guides for PO, Confirmation & ShippingInstructions and BookSpec
- 13 November Web-ex 10:00am -12:00 EST
The XBITS Collaboration Area is where you will find information about:
- implementation activities
- research projects
- meeting minutes
Documentation
- Documentation (recommended use of the messages) including:
- Business Cases
- Examples
Further Information
- Brian Sharlach (Co-Chair)
- Diane Degener (Co-Chair)
