Electronic Data Interchange

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Electronic Data Interchange

• David Conorozzo
• Computer Science Department
• State University of New York at Buffalo

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Overall Layout of Presentation

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• The future of EDI
• My Conclusions
• Questions

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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

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Recall EDI Example
EDI Doc
VAN
Sender Machine
EDI Document
EDI Document
EDI Doc
X- Lator
Client Machine
X- Lator
Raw Data
Raw Data
DB
DB
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EDI over the Internet
Internet
Encrypted
Sender Machine
Could be FTP or E-mail
Document
Encrypted Doc
Encrypted Doc
Encr- ypt
Client Machine
De- crypt
XML Document
XML Document
DB
DB
X- Lator
X- Lator
Raw Data
Raw Data
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Acknowledging a Transmission
Probably by E-Mail
Internet
EDI Doc
Sender Machine
Functional Acknowledgement (997)
EDI Document
X- Lator
Client Machine
X- Lator
RFC 1865 - Defines all of this and all
options (FTP, E-Mail, Internet VAN) Defines
Encryption schemes(RSA, S-MIME), Everything!
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XML Solution Today
Internet
Encrypted
Sender Machine
Document
Encrypted Doc
Encrypted Doc
Encr- ypt
Client Machine
De- crypt
XML Document
XML Document
DB
DB
X- Lator
X- Lator
Raw Data
Raw Data
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XML Solution Tomorrow
Internet
Encrypted
Sender Machine
Document
Request XML Doc
Encrypted Doc
Client Machine
Encrypted Doc
Encrypted Doc
DB
DB
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My Conclusions

• EDI should and will be eliminated
• XML should/will be used sparingly at first
• XML needs some more industry standard DTDs
  before it will really take hold

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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!
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References
1. www.roadway.com/shippers/edi.html Roadway
web site 2. www.nist.gov/itl/div896/ipsg/eval_gui
de/section3_5.html National Institute of
Standards and Technology 3. My boss - PCA 4. My
self (formatted to look like My boss) - Here 5.
www.editraining.com