The HR – XML Consortium, a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization dedicated to the development and promotion of a standard suite of XML specifications to enable electronic business and the automation of human resources related data exchanges, has announced progress in the development of XML specification standards that will enable the easy and efficient sharing of salary information across the HR industry and for employers in general.

The consortium is made up of a number of leading HR vendors such as ADP, Oracle, PayScale, Towers Watson, and the National Association of State Workforce A Agencies (NASWA).

Development of new standards for efficiently and securely [...]