Thank you very much for everyone that has responded to my question.
I have requested as much information from my trading partner as they can
give me on there XML,
This could take a few days, So I thought I would ask a few more questions.
(These are not direct questions just thoughts out load to see if any one
else has had these same questions)
This is my current situation:
We are doing EDI transaction using the X12(3040) format.
We have a VAN that we use, I was told that this was for dispute resolution
and
accountability. The VAN that we use charges us a per kilo-byte charge. if
our trading partner
wishes to continue using the VAN this will greatly increase the cost for
each transaction.
If the trading partners don't wish to use the VAN I wonder why we are paying
for this service now.
It also makes me think that if we drop the VAN and use a direct transaction,
We could do this now
with the EDI format. What would be the advantage to using XML ,besides
making it slightly more
human readable? Is there some advantage or dis-advantage that I'm missing?
Or is this just an
effort to replace the current X12/EDIFACT Standard?
As I said before these are not really direct questions just wondering if any
one has and thoughts on this.
Or has any one else had these questions when you started with XML/EDI?
Thank you very much for your time.
Glen T. Dudley
Programmer/Analyst
MBIA
Matsushita Battery Industrial Corporation of America
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