staffing and exchange protocol (SEP)
The Staffing and Exchange Protocol(SEP) is a protocol for personnel data transactions on the Internet.
The Staffing and Exchange Protocol was developed by a working group of the HR-XML Consortium. It consists of XML vocabularies and is used by companies, staffing agencies, management consultancies, and employment agencies for unified job posting and personnel data transfer. The SEP protocol facilitates the exchange of information between the participating institutions.