The Standard Interchange Language
[Thayer, Warren. "Can SIL break the computer language barrier? The Standard Interchange Language — a data exchange standard designed with wholesalers in mind — may give retail systems integration a big boost", '' Progressive Grocer'', January 1991.] is a data interchange language standard developed by the
Food Distribution Retails Systems Group for the interchange of information between software programs. It is a subset of
SQL (Structured Query Language) and acts as an interface standard for transferring data between proprietary store systems like
Direct Store Delivery and
Point of sale
The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...
. It was introduced in 1989 in the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
.
References
External links
Expert: standard interchange language
Constructed languages introduced in the 1980s
1989 introductions
SQL
Data interchange standards
Food retailing
1989 establishments in the United States
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