HR-XML's "XML Timecard" To Be Demonstrated At APA Congress

The HR-XML Consortium, the global independent organization dedicated to creating XML standards for human resources management, will give its first public demonstration of its XML Timecard standard at the 20th Annual American Payroll Association Congress to be held in San Antonio, TX, May 14-18. HR-XML's presentation, titled "It's About Time: XML Timecard Standard," is scheduled May 15 as part of APA's Forum for Payroll Systems Professionals.

"Today, the unfortunate reality is that connecting any two systems to exchange time-worked data requires the creation of custom interfaces between the systems," said Chuck Allen, Director, HR-XML Consortium, Inc. There simply has been no standard means to exchange time-worked data between time-capture, time and attendance, payroll, and HRIS applications. Because HR-XML's Timecard specification supports the transmission of "raw" time-worked data as well as pre-processed, summary data, it is useful in a wide range of data integration scenarios," according to Allen.

The presentation will cover the benefits of integrating systems via open standards, such as HR-XML's timecard standard. The presentation also will feature a demonstration of an exchange between mySAP Human Resources (mySAP HR) (www.sap.com) and Frontline Data (www.frontlinedata.com) using the XML timecard. The demonstration will show how basic set-up information (employee data and information on valid absence types) is passed from mySAP HR to Frontline Data via HR-XML's TimeCardConfiguration schema. Using the set-up information supplied by mySAP HR, Frontline Data then allows these employees to enter their absences using the Web and Interactive Voice Response (IVR). Frontline Data then sends the absence data back to mySAP HR using the HR-XML Time Card format.

For additional information about the APA Annual Congress, see www.americanpayroll.org/congress2002.html

About HR-XML

HR-XML (www.hr-xml.org) is a global, independent, non-profit consortium dedicated to enabling e-commerce and inter-company exchange of human resources (HR) data. The work of the Consortium centers on the development and promotion of standardized XML vocabularies for HR. HR-XML's efforts are focused on standards for staffing and recruiting, compensation and benefits, training and workforce management. The Consortium has a membership of companies represented in 22 different countries.

HR-XML Member organizations include:

Acord; Adecco Corporation*; ADP*; Aetna US Healthcare*; Allegis Group, Inc./Thingamajob.com*; American Background Information Services, Inc.; American Staffing Association; ARINSO International; Association of Test Publishers; Authoria*; BEA Systems, Inc.; Best Software; BP; BrassRing, Inc.; CareerBuilder; CDI Corp/MRI*; Ceridian*; Cisco Systems; CitiStreet*; CompuCorps Mentoring; ComputerJobs.com; Crestone International*; Cross Current Corporation; Cyborg Systems, Inc.*; Defense Finance and Accounting Service; Deploy Solutions, Inc.*; Development Dimensions International; Dobbs Temporary Services, Inc.; eBenX*; Embrace Ltd*; Employease, Inc.*; Enrollcom; e-peopleserve ltd; esohXML.org; European Community Telework Forum; EVolve Software; ExecuTRACK Software GmbH; Fidelity Investments*; Fieldglass, Inc.; Great Plains*; Halcyon Internet plc; HayGroup; Hewitt Associates LLC*; Hewlett-Packard Co; Hire.com*; HireCheck*; HireRight, Inc.; HotJobs.com, Ltd.*; IBM*; International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM); Intuit*; IQNavigator; iXmatch Inc.; J.D. Edwards*; Job Partners Ltd; JobScout24; Kadiri,Inc.*; Kelly Services*; Kenexa, Inc.*; Korn/Ferry International*; Kronos Incorporated; MagnaWare, Inc.; Manpower, Inc.*; MBH Solutions, Inc.; Minnesota Life; Modis Professional Services, Inc.*; Monster.com; MrTed; MSX International; National Resume Writers' Association; nextSource; Northrop Grumman Corporation; Object Management Group; Online Benefits, Inc.*; Oracle*; Peopleclick*; PeopleSoft*; Personic*; ProAct Technologies, Inc.*; ProBusiness Services, Inc.; Profile Up; Prudential Financial; Randstad Holding*; Recruitsoft, Inc.; Reed Business Information; RewardsPlus; Robert Half International, Inc.*; Rompetrol Refining -- Petromidia Complex; SAP*; Schlumberger; Shell Oil Company -- Shell People Services; Siemens Business Services oHG; Society for Human Resource Management; Spherion Corporation*; Swedish National Labour Market Board; Synhrgy HR Technologies, Inc.; Tesseract Corporation*; The 401(k) Company; The Aviant Group; The People Business Network, Inc.; Towers Perrin*; Transcentive; Ultimate Software*; Unicru; Unifi Network; Vedior NV; Volt Services Group*; Watson Wyatt Worldwide*; William M. Mercer, Incorporated; Workscape, Inc.; WOWemployers Network, Inc.

*Indicates "Charter Member" status.

About FrontLine Data

Based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frontline Data (www.aesoponline.com) is an ASP that offers an Internet and Telephony-based temporary staff replacement solution. The flagship AesopOnline.com service automates the process of notifying and assigning substitute workers when essential employees are absent. Currently there are 90,000 paying subscribers using the service in both the U.S. and Canada.