GMA/NACS To Test New E-Commerce Language

The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) will launch a new pilot to test the NACS version of eXtensible Markup Language called NAXML in mid-November. NAXML improves on the existing eXtensible Mark-up Language, a set of number codes that describes text within a document to convey information electronically. The process provides a more user-friendly Web-based technology to small and mid-sized companies that virtually eliminates paper-based transactions while offering daily product activity broken out