In a message dated 8/1/00 6:50:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> This is a gross misstatement and misperception. Neither of these two
> organizations have agreed to merge the existing X12 and UN/EDIFACT
standards
> into a single standard. What IS taking place is major work on the next
> generation of EDI standards - the OO-edi standards. A full discussion how
> this effort began within the X12 Committee and the results of a year-long
> OO-edi Demonstration Project (which I co-managed for the X12 SITG) can be
> viewed at my web site at http://www.rfa-edi.com/. From the home page just
> click on the Next Generation Standardsfor EC/EDI link.
The crux of the bisquit at/in hand appears to be:
Be patient (but not much, push anyway), let/assist the "next generation
OOedi" standards get in place, and then write/construct the
translators/re-generators to "load" systems w/OOedi structures from
X12-UNEDIFACT-etc., on the assumption that that standards body is aware of
(if not give them a SHOUT) the obvious desire to then have those new OOedi
structures "slide seemlessly" (sic) into XML structures. (Rachael; you'll
make'em take care of that. Right?)
Regards,
Jim Cunningham
P.S.
Hey everybody! NORMALIZE, NORMALIZE, NORMALIZE, NORMALIZE, NORMALIZE!!!
(That's five, right?).
Not JUST the "NORMAL LIES" (re:utility) of "flat" "fat" data structures.
The "wire friendly" (and thus community-of-the-wire concern for minimizing
net traffic) can more clearly and thus more likely "optimize" transmissions
between partners/correspondants etc. when data structures are
optimized/normalized (kind of a duty isn't it?).
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