"Formally titled ""Plant-to-Business (P2B) Common Data Format for Communicating@"" this guideline identifies most common methods of Quality Measurement Data Communication for Measurement@ Test and Assembly systems (MTA Systems) in use today as specified by major manufacturing companies@ and serves as a recommendation for a common XML dataset representation that would be acceptable to a broad range of users. Current practices and procedures are examined and avenues for improvement are identified by focusing on improved communications and standardized data definitions to better enable follow-up and traceability capabilities."