GUIDE

Technical Specification

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GUIDE Overview
GUIDE is a XML format for describing business information interchanges between a set of endpoints exchanging transactions. GUIDE is a layered approach, so that each aspect of the GUIDE syntax is expressed as a separate markup layer. Separation into layers is a fundamental requirement in order to meet the ability to deploy the semantic web as opposed to the content-based web of today. The objective of GUIDE is to provide a simple open business interchange system for the consistent exchange of transactions.

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File Name:	File Size:	Description:
GUIDE_01.PDF	179 kilobytes	GUIDE technical specifications latest version.
samples.ZIP	5 kilobytes	XML examples from GUIDE technical specifications.
GUIDE_01.HTM	600 kilobytes	HTML version of GUIDE technical specifications.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Seqn	ACTION	EXPLANATION
1	Either mouse "left click", or mouse "right click" the link to the GUIDE_01.PDF file to open or save it to your computer, or Tab to the link and press enter.	The file is in PDF format. If you do not have a PDF viewer, you can download the software required (see below - item 4).
2	Either mouse "left click", or mouse "right click" the link to the samples.ZIP file to open or save it to your computer, or Tab to the link and press enter.	This is the XML samples from the GUIDE documentation.
3	Extract each ZIP file into the same sub-directory, and open and view the contents.	There are multiple files within a ZIP archive.
4	To download PKZIP utility to UNPACK ZIP archive follow link and then install as directed.	If you do not have a PKZIP utility, install shareware version from the PKWare's site.
5	To download the Adobe PDF viewer, follow link and then install as directed.	If you do not have Adobe PDF viewer installed on your PC download the latest viewer from Adobe