STAR Improves Interoperability with Latest Transport Release

MCLEAN, Va., July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR), a global information technology (IT) standards body for retail automotive and related industries, has released a new major version of its transport specifications.

This latest release of the STAR Transport Guidelines incorporates several important changes over previous releases. In the past year STAR has worked with our Automotive and Truck members to create a single transport specification. Included in this version is information on minimum requirements to meet STAR's new Level 1 requirements for interoperability, updates for the Web Services section to include currently published STAR "Web Services Specifications", and the addition of the "Web Services Quick-Start Guide" to help with implementing STAR Web Services.

The STAR Transport Guidelines document provides an overview of recommendations and specifications to facilitate the exchange of data between STAR trading partners.

About STAR

The Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) organization is the information technology (IT) standards organization for retail automotive and related industries. STAR is leading the effort to implement voluntary IT standards throughout the automotive industry. These standards are designed to support business information needs and provide secure and reliable means for dealers, manufacturers, and retail system providers to communicate. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, STAR is a not-for-profit volunteer organization and its members include dealers, manufacturers and retail system providers. As members, these companies are interested in developing, promoting, and administering voluntary IT standards in the retail automotive industry and improving the effectiveness, timeliness and competitiveness of the IT solutions needed within the retail automotive industry.

For more information about STAR and a list of current members please visit www.starstandard.org.