XBITS

XBITS (XML Book Industry Transaction Standards) is a working group under the BISG Manufacturing and Distribution Committee, as well as a working group of IDEAlliance that is designing and maintaining the standard XML (Extensible Markup Language) eDocuments to facilitate bi-directional electronic data exchanges between a diverse trading partners comprised of book publishers, manufacturers, paper mills, and component suppliers.

The XBITS electronic transaction standard is based upon the papiNet Standard which is open, free, and easy to adopt, providing common benefits to supply chain partners supporting both traditional and digital print manufacturing.

Please click here for documentation on the XBITS standards from the papiNet website.