ACORD announced the general release of the ACORD Framework Information Model version 2.0. This is one of the five facets of the ACORD Framework. Over the past eighteen months, the ACORD Framework staff has been working on this new version that is fully re-engineered and brings together two significant member contributions: an Information Model from Prima Solutions and the Business Object Model from IBM.

"This was the result of contributions of time and of effort from many members of the ACORD community and we're grateful to them all for their dedication, hard work, and commitment to this project," says Shane McCullough, chief enterprise architect, ACORD.

"Taking content from both sources and merging them into one cohesive and comprehensive model proved to be challenging but very beneficial to the model itself," says Mark Orlandi, senior business analyst, ACORD. "On the surface, both models had very similar content and basic structures. However, when digging into the details, it became clear that there were subtle differences in design philosophies and basic modeling principles. Staff and members worked together to reconcile these differences and the result is a new and improved version available to the industry."

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