OAGi Signs Memorandum of Understanding with HR Open Standards Consortium

To all OAGi members and Friends:

We are pleased to announce that OAGi has signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding with the HR Open Standards Consortium. This MoU underscores and amplifies a partnership that has lasted for seven years, since our first MoU was signed in 2007.

The MoU states that in the interest of advancing interoperability and reducing costly duplication of effort, HR Open Standards and OAGi each resolve to:

• Remove architectural and design differences that prevent enterprises from effectively implementing both business libraries together
• Identify and eliminate areas where the standards or standards activities of the two organizations overlap
• Work towards the alignment of data models where business justification for differences cannot be established

To support the efficiency and interoperability goals enumerated above, OAGi and the HR Open Standards Consortium have agreed to the actions below:

• An interoperable data model using a modularity model and business library structure
• Common foundational standards, including relevant specifications produced by the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT).
• Use of the OAGIS Business Object Document (BOD) technology for design and construction of business messages
• Common approaches if possible for expressions of their data models. This can include XML, JSON, and other technology expressions as needed

We think this is a very important partnership and we are very pleased to have the HR Open Standards Consortium as our continuing partner in the Open Standards world.