...Customer information requests are sent from the set-top box to Egg in an encrypted XML format, using the Internet data transferstandard HTTP. Egg already uses Vignette software to update Web content on its financial services and pull customer information...
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2000/12/01/175213/egg-may-supply-rivals.htm
...theory. The recently adopted Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 173, also known as the Spatial Data TransferStandard, includes standardized definitions for many terms. This glossary must not be seen as competing with or undermining...
http://faridesm.xm.com/Glossary.pdf