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Welcome to Bid List Connection Slide Show presentation to explain how XML works, in English. The technological complexities are not part of this presentation, and the viewer should recognize the issue has
been simplified for a basic understanding.
This is part I of a three part series.
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Owner
Contractor
Surety Agent
Surety Company
Making Project Data Manageable
The purpose of XML is to make data manageable so that it can be communicated between trading partners.
XML is designed to accommodate the communication requirements of the bid process as project information is passed along, and processed, by various different parties.
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01-301704 | List of Bid Items | Special Provisions |
Roadway To Be Constructed With Asphalt Concrete Over Asphalt Treated Permeable Base And Aggregate Base And, Subbase And, Concrete Box Girder Bridge To Be Constructed.
01-Men-101-9.1/14.8 * Date Advertised 4/2/2001
Bids Opening in Sacramento * Bids Open 5/22/2001
Estimate: $15,478,000
In Mendocino County Near Hopland From 0.2 Km South Of Pieta Creek Bridge To Russian River Bridge.
300 Working Days * 10% DBE * Cost per set: Bidders: $38, Non-Bidders: $31.
Making Project Data Manageable
When an owner publishes project information, whether on the internet or a trade publication, it is in effect a series of data that can be separated into individual fields. The sample is a project advertised on the Caltrans website.
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01-301704 | List of Bid Items | Special Provisions
Roadway To Be Constructed With Asphalt Concrete Over Asphalt Treated Permeable Base And Aggregate Base And, Subbase And, Concrete Box Girder Bridge To Be Constructed.
01-Men-101-9.1/14.8 * Date Advertised 4/2/2001
Bids Opening in Sacramento * Bids Open 5/22/2001
Estimate: $15,478,000
In Mendocino County Near Hopland From 0.2 Km South Of Pieta Creek Bridge To Russian River Bridge.
300 Working Days * 10% DBE * Cost per set: Bidders: $38, Non-Bidders: $31.
Bid date = 05/22/2001
Making Project Data Manageable
The objective of XML is to put a “tag” on each individual segment of data. Tags that are recognized by various different applications.
The adoption of uniformly recognized tags are referred to as standards.
The first step is to segment the data.
SAMPLE
IMAGE
ONLY
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Bid Date 05/22/01
XML Tag for Bid Date <Bid Date>
Making Project Data Manageable
With XML each segment of data has a standardized tag.
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<Bid Date>Bid Date<Bid Date/>
Making Project Data Manageable
The XML tag is placed before and at the end of the data.
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Start:aecXML<Project Description> Highway 1 Tunnel<Project Description/><Project IFB> 04-12345<Project IFB/> <Bid Date> 052201 <Bid Date/> <Owner> Caltrans<Owner/><Architect> Caltrans <Architect/><Engineers Estimate> 10000000<Engineers Estimate/><Time for Completion> 365 <Time for Completion/><Liquidated Damages> 1000 <Liquidated Damages/> <Bid Bond Form Number> 04-12345BB <Bid Bond Form Number/><Project URL>www.caltrans.gov/projects/04-12345<Project URL/><Bid Bond Return>www.caltrans.gov/projects/04-12345/bidbond<Bid Bond Return/>End:aecXML
Making Project Data Manageable
Combined with the rest of the data segments the group of XML tagged data elements make up the projects information
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Start:aecXML<Project Description> Highway 1 Tunnel<Project Description/><Project IFB> 04-12345<Project IFB/> <Bid Date> 082501 <Bid Date/> <Owner> Caltrans<Owner/><Architect> Caltrans <Architect/><Engineers Estimate> 10000000<Engineers Estimate/><Time for Completion> 365 <Time for Completion/><Liquidated Damages> 1000 <Liquidated Damages/> <Bid Bond Form Number> 04-12345BB <Bid Bond Form Number/><Project URL>www.caltrans.gov/projects/04-12345<Project URL/><Bid Bond Return>www.caltrans.gov/projects/04-12345/bidbond<Bid Bond Return/>End:aecXML
Making Project Data Manageable
The XML tag tells any application that imports the data exactly what data is between the tag. Therefore all an application needs to know about importing a file is what XML standard is being used. It can then put the data into the proper field within the application.
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Contractor’s Bid Log
Surety CompanySurety Agent
Surety Agent
Making Project Data Manageable
Each application can import the data, and properly place it within the application without regard to original sequence, or how the exporting application utilized the data.
<Bid Date>05/22/01<Bid Date/>
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Owner
Contractor
Surety Agent
Surety Company
Making Project Data Manageable
While the data that makes up the totality of a project may be considerable, the basic information that is processed during the bidding process lends itself very well to XML.
With the adoption of the acordXML standard by the members of the Surety Association of America, and the use of those standards by various applications, the efficiency can be realized, while not be constrained to any one application or provider.
