Electronic Data Interchange David Conorozzo Computer Science Department State University of New York at Buffalo
Overall Layout of Presentation Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) The future of EDI My Conclusions Questions
The Future of EDI The future looks grim. Alas, every technology must eventually die. EDI over the internet, thanks to RFC 1865 we can eliminate the VAN XML as an EDI replacement
Recall… EDI Example VAN Client Machine Sender Machine DB X- Lator DB X- Lator Raw Data EDI Document EDI Doc EDI Document EDI Doc Raw Data
EDI over the Internet Client Machine Sender Machine DB X- Lator DB X- Lator Raw Data Encrypted Doc Document Encrypted Doc Raw Data Internet Encr- ypt De- crypt XML Document Encrypted XML Document Could be FTP or
Acknowledging a Transmission Client Machine Sender Machine X- Lator X- Lator EDI Document EDI Doc Functional Acknowledgement (997) Internet Probably by RFC Defines all of this and all options (FTP, , Internet VAN) Defines Encryption schemes(RSA, S-MIME), Everything!
XML Solution Today Client Machine Sender Machine DB X- Lator DB X- Lator Raw Data Encrypted Doc Document Encrypted Doc Raw Data Internet Encr- ypt De- crypt XML Document Encrypted XML Document
XML Solution Tomorrow Client Machine Sender Machine DB Encrypted Doc Document Encrypted Doc Internet Encrypted Request XML Doc Encrypted Doc
My Conclusions EDI should and will be eliminated XML should/will be used sparingly at first XML needs some more industry standard DTD’s before it will really take hold
Questions Ask your questions now: This is NOT a political statement! It is simply a picture to get the point across, that it is time for questions!
References 1. Roadway web site 2. National Institute of Standards and Technology 3. My boss - PCA 4. My self (formatted to look like “My boss”) - Here 5.