BizTalk Framework Overview

Microsoft? BizTalk? A framework is an XML framework for applying integration and e-business. It includes a design framework to implement an XML outline (schema) and a set of XML tags that pass information between applications. Microsoft and other software enterprises and industry standard entities will produce XML in a uniform manner through the BizTalk Framework.
The BizTalk Framework itself is not a standard, and XML is the standard. The goal of the BizTalk Framework is to drive the rapid spread and application of XML.
BizTalk Framework Outline