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b2b platform?

As a developer with an accounting degree, I see it is possible and economical to have a common platform for various accounting software to exchange electronic data. Some example transactions would be:

Customer / Supplier PO > Sales Order AP Invoicing < AR Invoice AP Payment > Apply Pmt AP/AR Reconciliation AP/AR Reconciliation etc.

I guess what I envision is a host db. Quickbooks, Peachtree, MYOB, Great Planes, etc. would have an interface to transfer data between their app to the host server. Suppliers/customers could receive transactions from the host server at their convenience.

The closest I came to what I had in mind is at

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I guess I am wondering why this is not more popular than what it is.

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Dean
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Perhaps XML (eXtended Markup Language) is what you are thinking of? Do a Google if you don't know about it.

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XML is one language to interface data. However, XML is not a database, therefore, you could not hold data. XML would be a method for communicating between an accounting package and a hosted db.

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Dean

I understand. I just thought you will have a lot of trouble convincing every publisher of accounting software to create an interface to a new not-yet-existing database which will (a) reduce the dependency of their existing customers, (b) cost time and money, and (c) offer no apparent tangible benefit to them.

If you are proposing to develop a database yourself, to which existing software could communicate in XML without requiring any effort by the existing software publishers, well - good for you. Otherwise, I guess I'm not sure what you're asking or proposing.

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My point is the technology already exist. Take a look at

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as an example and there are few others.However, end users of accounting applications appear not to be usingthis utilizing this technology as they could. Or at least I do not seea lot of post on this subject nor do I find a lot of web sitesdedicated to this. Compare that to payroll services or merchantaccounts, and you'll find a lot more web sites and posts. Is it too expensive?

Yes, I could develop said database and communication with an accounting app such as Quickbooks using their SDK. However, is there a need or desire for such a service?

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Dean

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