Betty,
I followed the trail below to your XML-99 presentation. Some very nice
slides.
I wish could have heard the accompanying words. In reading the latter ones
(eg: create a DTD for your business), I had the sense that you would allow
that the XEDI approach to translating XML to EDI is more "transliteration"
than translation. (That is, it can result in messages like "Throw father up
the stairs
his hat.") Is this true? If not, what do you see as the rationale for
proceeding to take EDI <--> XML piecewise with a variety of tailored DTDs,
rather than using the underlying, EDI-complete dictionary that (I understand
that)
the XEDI approach, or a similar approach using XSLT, does.
Appreciate your insight into the full scope of the EDI - XML opportunity.
Thanks
John Leary
PS: How is it that your note came thru as "untranslatable"
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XML will not replace traditional EDI, at least not in the near future.
The good news is that XML and can enhance traditional EDI. It can
be the glue between the non-EDI enabled trading partners and the
EDI training partners.
I gave a presentation at XML99 that covered some of the issues
of XML and EDI that I thought were important. If interested,
it is available at http://207.168.47.3/papers/xml99/.
I think it is important to use common sense when looking at
the XML/EDI issue. As my Grandmother used to say 'Don't throw
the baby out with the bath water!'.
Betty
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