XML-EDI

[EDIFAQ]

Hey all, I am new to the world of EDI and there have already been talks of XML taking over the EDI process. I was wondering how does XML work along with the basic EDI software like Gentran for UNIX or NT. Can any one provide any links to docs in this regards..

Appreciate your response

Thx

 

[BocaBurger]

XML is sold by people who want to sell you RAM and bandwidth. A 1k EDI doc couldbe a 1 meg. XML doc, due to all the extranious stuff in XML. Contact the vendor of your EDI software and see if they handle XML, if they don't, you will need translation software like DataStage TX from Ascential. You will also need the XML DTD or schema of your trading partner to create the trees for mapping, and it will have to be good XML, no custom changes.



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[voyageur]

I've also heard talk of "compiled XML". The concern over the size of XML documents has prompted the industry to look at compressing XML to a smaller, machine readable only format. So keep a lookout for this too.

 

[BocaBurger]

Then you will need to get a translator to turn this into human readable to figura out if the errors come from the compression, the XML or the data. More "fun" and wasted time.



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