Public sector to talk the same online language
3 April 2012
Plans for the whole UK public sector to use the same computer language for online purchasing have been welcomed by a government-backed e-procurement advisory network.
The Office of Government Commerce and the Office of the e-Envoy said the best choice would be BASDA eBis XML, produced by a non-profit organisation, which would enable suppliers to trade electronically with the public sector at minimal cost.
They said that adoption of the language would remove the risk of misinterpretation of data between systems across the...