Friday, April 28, 2000 -- Tax Information Group for EDI Requirements

Standardization (TIGERS)

Terry Garber opened the meeting with the tentative agenda. The planned agenda:

Friday 4/28/2000 (1:00pm to 5:00pm)

Welcome and Introductions

XML tax standards development - preliminary discussions

Saturday 4/29/2000 (9:00am to 5:00pm)

Finalize Draft Update of Electronic Commerce Best Practices document

The meeting began with introductions. Mark Colan and Elizabeth Lyon, from IBM, made a presentation on XML. There was a discussion afterward regarding the direction the group ought to take relative to XML development.

The Electronic Commerce Best Practices preliminary guide was handed out for review.

There was discussion of a preliminary agenda for our Trimester meeting in Washington D. C. for June 5-8, 2000. It is as follows:

Monday, June 5, 2000 - 9:00 am/noon

Discussion of Motor Fuel maps and versions

Miscellaneous EDI Data Maintenance

Volume I EDI Business Reference Model for Taxing Authorities final review

Tuesday, June 6, 2000 - 1:00 pm/5:00 pm (joint with X12G/TG1)

XML Class, taught by Mark Crawford of Logistics Management Institute

Wednesday, June 7, 2000 - 1:00 pm/5:00 pm

TaXML Presentation - Microsoft Proposed Format

XML Next Steps

Selection of Pilot Project

Discussion of Approach (EDI Recasting vs Native XML)

Thursday, June 8, 2000 - 1:00 pm/5:00 pm (Joint with X12G/TG1)

XML Pilot Projects - Project Initiation

Saturday, April 29, 2000 -- Tax Information Group for EDI Requirements

Standardization (TIGERS)

There was review and discussion of the Electronic Commerce Best Practices document. It was requested that the final draft of the document be sent to Jonathan Lyon by mid-May.