Association for Retail Technology Standards
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The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) is an internationally reaching standards organization
dedicated to reducing the costs of technology
through standards. Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively to the retail industry. ARTS has four standards: The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS
, ARTS XML and the Standard RFPs. It is a division of the National Retail Federation
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Membership is open to all members of the international technology community, retailers from all industry segments, application developers and hardware companies.
Standards organization
A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization , or standards setting organization is any organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are...
dedicated to reducing the costs of technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
through standards. Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively to the retail industry. ARTS has four standards: The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS
UnifiedPOS
UnifiedPOS or UPOS is a world wide vendor and retailer driven Open Standard's initiative under the National Retail Federation, Association of Retail Technology Standards to provide vendor...
, ARTS XML and the Standard RFPs. It is a division of the National Retail Federation
National Retail Federation
The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association. Its members include department store, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, and independent retailers, and chain restaurants and grocery stores. Members also include businesses that provide goods and services to...
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Membership is open to all members of the international technology community, retailers from all industry segments, application developers and hardware companies.