ARTS Member Monthly Update 

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2008  
March ARTS Committee meetings set attendance record; ARTS member survey results; ARTS in Scandinavia
February At the Annual Planning meeting January 16 in New York City, ARTS Technical Committees set priorities for all ARTS Standards.
January ARTS looks forward to the NRF Annual Convention every year. It's the most significant event in the retail calendar, a time for major announcements and the opportunity to update members on activities of the previous year.
2007

 

October ARTS work teams race to complete Schemas prior to NRF Annual Convention; Video Analytics remains hot new standard effort
September ARTS XML and Data Model Report, SOA Summit in Brussels, European Technology Council Meeting Scheduled
July ARTS Launches Video Analytics Work Team, SOA Summit in Brussels, Support for Foodservice and Grocery
June ARTS in India; Video Analytics, the new frontier.
May Report on ARTS XML and Data Model Committee meetings in Austin TX; Workforce Management RFP to be updated.
April Data Model Committee selects new chair, sets agenda for 2007; SOA Blueprint call for input; new topics announced for Standard RFPs
March New Chair elected for ARTS Board; Board Approves formation of New Work Teams and Expansion of SOA Offerings.
   
2006

 

December ARTS Standards Pavilion to focus on SOA and E-Commerce; Home Depot featured speaker at the ARTS SOA Boot Camp
October ARTS Standards Pavilion at NRF Annual Convention, ARTS to Create Standard Data Warehouse, Data Model Version 5.1 now available
September SOA Boot Camp Separates Fact from Fiction, IXRetail to meet in Paris
July

Agenda for IXRetail meetings in Minneapolis, ARTS Announces SOA Education

May/June

Item v2.0 and Product Content Management (PCM) v2.0 for August release, Conformant Vendors

April

ARTS Developing Standard for Data Exchange with Comparison Search Engines (CSEs), Conformance

March

ARTS Standards Pavilion at NRF 95th Annual Convention & EXPO, International Outreach

January

ARTS Educational Sessions and other Activities at NRF Annual Convention & EXPO

   
2005

 

November

ARTS Pavilion, RFP Promotion Program, Conformant Vendors

October

US-Japan Retailing IT Leadership Forum, European Committee Report

September

Retail Standards Summit, Agendas for London Committee meetings

August

Call for Work Team Volunteers, Formation of Web Access Model Work Team

June

New Conformant Vendors, Release of Standard RFP for Warehouse Management Systems

May

Release of Data Model v5.0, Upcoming Meetings

April

European Technology Council Meeting, Conformance Testing

February

New Schemas, Conformance Tests and UnfiedPOS 1.9 released at NRF Annual Convention & EXPO

   
2004

 

October/November

Technology Summit Report, IXRetail Begins Process of Common Data Review

August/September

Agenda for London IXRetail Meeting, IXRetail and Data Model Committee Reports

July

New RFP for POS Exception Reporting, UnifiedPOS committee unveils enhancements list for v1.9

June

ARTS Board adds new members, ARTS and Microsoft announce cooperative conformance testing

May

New RFP for Workforce Management, report on IXRetail meetings in Ft. Worth

April

Downloads demonstrate ARTS' Success, POSlog v2.1 now available

March

ARTS to coordinate IXRetail and the Standard RFP Program, Item and Workforce Management Work Teams Formed

February

Standard RFP for POS released and the ARTS Pavilion a Success at NRF Convention

   
2003

 

November

ARTS Announces Line-Up for Standards Pavilion at NRF Convention, New Data Model Conformant Vendor

October

Report on NRF-ARTS Standards Summit, Data Model Conformance Moves to Next Level

September

Wal-Mart to Speak at Retail Standards Summit; Data Model and Standard RFP Update

August

Digital Asset Management (DAM) Schema now available for Review, Conformance Testing Information

July

ARTS Board Sets Policies to Drive ARTS Standards Development; Two New Schemas Released

June

Report on IXRetail Meeting in Ft. Worth, New Data Model CDs Released

May

ARTS Reports on NRF CIO Council Meeting; New ARTS Board Member

March/April

ARTS Data Model 4.0 Available for Download; New UnifiedPOS Chair

February

ARTS and afterBOT to Jointly Promote Digital Receipt Schema

January

Report on ARTS Update Session at NRF Annual Convention with Successful Case Studies from KB Toys, Smart & Final and Longs Drugs

 

 

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