Mercator Becomes Newest OASIS Member and Sponsors XML.ORG
Mercator Broadens XML-to-Any Capabilities With Support for ebXML Initiative
BOSTON, Mass., and WILTON, Conn. – April 27, 2000 – Mercator Software, (NASDAQ: MCTR), the e-business transformation company™, today became the newest member of OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards. Mercator also announced its affiliate sponsorship of XML.ORG, the OASIS community for advancing XML industry standardization.
In addition, as part of joining OASIS, Mercator is participating in the Electronic Business XML (ebXML) Initiative. ebXML was formed by the United Nations CEFACT and OASIS to develop a technical framework to enable the use of XML in a consistent manner across all business data in application-to-application, application-to-person and person-to-application environments. In particular, ebXML lowers the barrier-of-entry to electronic business in order to facilitate trade, particularly with respect to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and developing nations. Mercator will take an active role in developing ebXML.
"We’re strong supporters of XML.ORG, an open clearinghouse for XML specifications," said Dave Power, vice president of marketing, Mercator Software. "Our customers want to accelerate the integration of their businesses with their trading partners; OASIS and Mercator are committed to making this happen by ensuring interoperability of various XML standards for business-to-business commerce. Joining OASIS and supporting ebXML is an important step in delivering the most versatile e-business integration solution while providing our customers with substantial time and cost savings."
"By sponsoring OASIS and supporting XML.ORG, Mercator demonstrates its commitment to product-independent standards for e-business applications," commented Laura Walker, executive director of OASIS. "The XML community-at-large benefits from the support of XML.ORG by companies like Mercator who make it possible for OASIS to maintain an unbiased environment in which the universal data exchange capabilities of XML can be realized."
About Mercator E-Business Integration Brokers
Mercator E-Business Integration Broker products capture the complete semantic descriptions of XML standards transactions in graphical form, including importing of XML data type definitions (DTDs), thereby allowing 100% transformation to any other format through a drag-and-drop interface, without writing programs.—
About Mercator
Mercator, the e-business transformation company™, provides e-business integration software. Its products simplify customer migration to e-business across every industry, delivering comprehensive automation for the most difficult e-business integration tasks.— The Mercator E-Business Integration Broker suite of products addresses customer requirements for business-to-business (B2B), application-to-application (A2A) and consumer-to-business (C2B) integration in every industry. More than 5,000 customers use Mercator’s products to accelerate their transformation to e-business and over 100 partners embed or resell its technology to enhance their product or service offerings. Additional information about Mercator can be found on the Internet at www.mercator.com.
About XML.ORG
XML.ORG is a vendor-neutral community for advancing XML industry standardization. Hosted by OASIS, the XML.ORG website provides news and information about the application of XML in electronic business environments. XML.ORG offers valuable online tools, such as the XML.ORG Catalog, a clearinghouse for industry-specific or cross-industry XML specifications. Sponsors of XML.ORG include DataChannel, Documentum, Commerce One, GCA, IBM, Mercator Software, SAP, SoftQuad and Sun Microsystems.
About OASIS
OASIS is a non-profit, international consortium dedicated solely to product-independent data and content interchange. Focusing on product interoperability, OASIS embraces the complete spectrum of structured information standards including XML, SGML and CGM. OASIS sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND-USA, Arbortext, BEA Systems, Bentley Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Bridge, Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One, CommerceNet, CompTIA, Corel, DataChannel, DMSi, Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon, Extricity Software, GCA, Health Level Seven, IBM, InformIT, Informix, InterCAP, Interleaf, Interwoven, ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Logistics Management Institute, Mercator Software, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion Association, Nimble.com, NIST, Object Management Group (OMG), Open Applications Group, Pick Systems, POET Software, ProNet Technology Partners, Reed Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad, Software AG, STEP, StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synthbank, Visa, Wavo, Webb Interactive Services, webMethods, Whitehill Technologies, Xerox, XMLSolutions and XyEnterprise.
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Mercator Software is the new trade name of TSI International Software, Ltd., headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut. The company will seek stockholder approval to formally change its name at an upcoming stockholders meeting.
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Contacts:
Cynthia Cronk Brockhoff Mercator Software (203) 761-8600 cbrockhoff@mercator.com
Amy Pavel or Ted Weismann Lois Paul & Partners, for Mercator (781) 238-5700 amy_pavel@lpp.com ted_weismann@lpp.com
Carol Geyer OASIS +1 978.667.5115 x209 carol.geyer@oasis-open.org