10:38 Thursday 7 June 2001						REF:CPKA2E31
									Y/R: The Tender Box
The Chairman									EOI 2001/10
Evaluation Committee
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT, WORKPLACE 
RELATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS [DEWRSB]
Ground Floor Reception
12 Mort Street
Canberra City ACT 2600

Dear Sir/Madam

This is a submission by the XML & E-commerce Special Interest Group [XZIG] of the 
Open Interchange Consortium [OIC].

This is a summary response to the EoI2001/10 E-Commerce Initiative published by the 
On-line Services group of the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small
 Business [DEWRSB] on 4 May 2001.

The OIC was established in July 1994 as an unincorporated association of Australian Businesses.  

In December 1999 OIC members formed the XML & E-commerce Special Interest Group [XZIG]

The objectives of XZIG include supporting the development of Extensible Markup Language [XML] 
standards and projects to accelerate the adoption of Electronic Commerce particularly by Small
and Medium size business Enterprises [SMEs]

The OIC XZIG has actively support and promoted XML in Australia through a series of monthly
meetings.

These monthly meetings have attracted a number of key international speakers including:

Dr Lauren WOOD Chair W3C DOM Committee			Canada
Simon NICHOLSON	Chair W3C XML Marketing Committee	USA

In the timescale available, this response is not a detailed business plan but an overview of why 
the OIC has the experience and management resources to assist DEWRSB with sections B and C of 
the EoI.

This response provides an indication of the levels of expertise, commitment, experience and 
resources available to ensure that the long term objectives of this EoI, including assisting 
Australian SMEs actively adopt E-commerce, are achieved.   

Yours faithfully

Stevan GILLMORE
Chair - Strategy Committee 
OPEN INTERCHANGE CONSORTIUM