Re: ***SPAM*** Re: EDI , AS400 and Java

 
I'm a little late in joining this thread. Let me point out that EDI stands  
for Electronic Data Interchange. It covers a whole host of sins. 
 
There is no restriction that prevents embedded XML, HTML, cryptography, or  
anything else in the text. The format, however, has to be agreed upon at both  
ends. That generally means that a form is used to prepare the data, and a  
similar (or exact copy) of the form is used at the receiving end. 
 
Therein lies most of the headaches in EDI. Over the years, thousands of  
forms have been developed, and published, and used. I used to prefer those  
developed for the auto and steel industries. Simple and effective.
 
- Hank Heath
 
In a message dated 12/4/2006 2:10:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
pclapham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Saying  "in EDI format" is about as precise as saying "in ASCII". You need to 
ask them  what format they want.

"EDI" means "Electronic Data Integration" (or  something like that). All it 
means is sending business data from one computer  system to another computer 
system. It doesn't necessarily involve XML (our  company has hundreds of 
business partners and none of them send or receive  data in XML).