Thanks for showing us that comparison, Neeraj. I don't think that I have ever seen a clearer example of why XML will not and should not replace EDI. Really... 3,172 characters to replace 165 in the EDI? (by the way, I counted all 106 characters in the ISA, not just the ones you typed).
John Meyer CompuSolv --- In [email protected], "Neeraj Mishra" <neeraj_mishra@...> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was browsing through web and found something interesting related to > XML vs EDI. I was thinking that it would be a good idea to share new > things within this group of EDI professionals. > > Here is link which does a right kind of comparision between EDI and XML. > > http://www.edidev.com/XMLvsEDI.html > > I was bit surprised to see that how an XML file can grow to its > equivalent EDI file... see below snapshot: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" > ?><EDI-X12-4010><Interchange-Control><SegmentRef Pos="0" ID="ISA" > Description="Interchange Control Header"><Element Pos="01" ID="I01" > Description="Authorization Information Qualifier" Type="ID" > MinLength="2" MaxLength="2" Value="00"/><Element Pos="02" ID="I02" > Description="Authorization Information" Type="AN" MinLength="10" > MaxLength="10" Value=" "/><Element Pos="03" ID="I03" > Description="Security Information Qualifier" Type="ID" MinLength="2" > MaxLength="2" Value="00"/><Element Pos="04" ID="I04" > Description="Security Information" Type="AN" MinLength="10" > MaxLength="10" Value=" "/><Element Pos="05" ID="I05" > Description="Interchange ID Qualifier" Type="ID" MinLength="2" > MaxLength="2" Value="ZZ"/><Element Pos="06" ID="I06" > Description="Interchange Sender ID" Type="AN" MinLength="15" > MaxLength="15" Value="RECEIVERISA "/><Element Pos="07" ID="I05" > Description="Interchange ID Qualifier" Type="ID" MinLength="2" > MaxLength="2" Value="14"/><Element Pos="08" ID="I07" > Description="Interchange Receiver ID" Type="AN" MinLength="15" > MaxLength="15" Value="0073268795005 "/><Element Pos="09" ID="I08" > Description="Interchange Date" Type="DT" MinLength="6" MaxLength="6" > Value="960807"/><Element Pos="10" ID="I09" Description="Interchange > Time" Type="TM" MinLength="4" MaxLength="4" Value="1548"/><Element > Pos="11" ID="I10" Description="Interchange Control Standards Identifier" > Type="ID" MinLength="1" MaxLength="1" Value="U"/><Element Pos="12" > ID="I11" Description="Interchange Control Version Number" Type="ID" > MinLength="5" MaxLength="5" Value="00401"/><Element Pos="13" ID="I12" > Description="Interchange Control Number" Type="N0" MinLength="9" > MaxLength="9" Value="000000020"/><Element Pos="14" ID="I13" > Description="Acknowledgment Requested" Type="ID" MinLength="1" > MaxLength="1" Value="0"/><Element Pos="15" ID="I14" Description="Usage > Indicator" Type="ID" MinLength="1" MaxLength="1" Value="T"/><Element > Pos="16" ID="I15" Description="Component Element Separator" Type="AN" > MinLength="1" MaxLength="1" > Value=">"/></SegmentRef><Functional-Group-Control><SegmentRef Pos="0" > ID="GS" Description="Functional Group Header"><Element Pos="01" ID="479" > Description="Functional Identifier Code" Type="ID" MinLength="2" > MaxLength="2" Value="IN"/><Element Pos="02" ID="142" > Description="Application Sender's Code" Type="AN" MinLength="2" > MaxLength="15" Value="RECEIVERGS"/><Element Pos="03" ID="124" > Description="Application Receiver's Code" Type="AN" MinLength="2" > MaxLength="15" Value="007326879"/><Element Pos="04" ID="373" > Description="Date" Type="DT" MinLength="8" MaxLength="8" > Value="19960807"/><Element Pos="05" ID="337" Description="Time" > Type="TM" MinLength="4" MaxLength="8" Value="1548"/><Element Pos="06" > ID="28" Description="Group Control Number" Type="N0" MinLength="1" > MaxLength="9" Value="000001"/><Element Pos="07" ID="455" > Description="Responsible Agency Code" Type="ID" MinLength="1" > MaxLength="2" Value="X"/><Element Pos="08" ID="480" Description="Version > / Release / Industry Identifier Code" Type="AN" MinLength="1" > MaxLength="12" Value="004010"/></SegmentRef> > > and its equivalent EDI is : ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*RECEIVERISA > *14*0073268795005 > *960807*1548*U*00401*000000020*0*T*>~GS*IN*RECEIVERGS*007326879*19960807 > *1548*000001*X*004010~ > > > Thanks > Neetaj > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > to which it is addressed. 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