Scalable algorithm for sharing EDI schemas

• US 20070203932A1
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Gaurav, Suraj, Machiraju, Surendra
• Granted Patent: US 8,156,148 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Recreating an electronic data interchange (EDI) schema from a file. The file is received from a source and the file includes a plurality of data values. The plurality of data values is identified. The plurality of data values is analyzed to determine the structure of the EDI schema. A set of decoding rules is analyzed to the analyzed plurality of data values. The EDI schema is recreated as a function of the applied set of decoding rules and the analyzed plurality of data values.

Claims

1. A method for recreating an electronic data interchange (EDI) schema from a file, said method comprising:

receiving the file from a source, said file including a plurality of data values;

identifying the plurality of data values;

analyzing the plurality of data values to determine a structure of the EDI schema;

applying a set of decoding rules to the analyzed plurality of data values; and

recreating the EDI schema as a function of the applied set of decoding rules and the analyzed plurality of data values.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the plurality of data values comprises identifying values for one or more of the following properties for eXtensible Markup Language (XML) tags:

name, minimum number of occurrences, and maximum number of occurrences.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the values includes value of the one of more properties:

data type name, minimum length, and maximum length.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said structure of the EDI schema includes information relating to a transaction type of the EDI schema.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a file with XML tags describing the EDI schema in response to recreating the EDI schema.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the file is a text file with a plurality of pre-determined delimiters to separate the plurality of data values.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more computer-readable media have computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

8. A system for recreating an electronic data interchange (EDI) schema from a text file, said system comprising:

a memory area for storing the text file; and

a processor for executing computer-executable instructions for;

receiving a file from a source, said file including a plurality of data values;

identifying the plurality of data values;

analyzing the plurality of data values to determine a structure of the EDI schema;

applying a set of decoding rules to the analyzed plurality of data values; and

recreating the EDI schema as a function of the applied set of decoding rules and the analyzed plurality of data values.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor analyzes the plurality of data values by identifying values for one or more of the following properties for eXtensible Markup Language (XML) tags:

name, minimum number of occurrences, and maximum number of occurrences.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the values includes value of the one of more properties:

data type name, minimum length, and maximum length.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said structure of the EDI schema includes information relating to a transaction type of the EDI schema.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a file with XML tags describing the EDI schema in response to recreating the EDI schema.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the text file includes a plurality of pre-determined delimiters to separate the plurality of data values, and wherein the processor is configured to identify the plurality of data values by identifying the plurality of pre-determined delimiters.

14. A system for generating an electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction based on a recreated EDI schema from a file, said system comprising:

a memory area for storing the file; and

a processor for executing computer-executable instructions for;

receiving a file from a source, said file including a plurality of data values;

identifying the plurality of data values;

analyzing the plurality of data values to determine a structure of the EDI schema;

applying a set of decoding rules to the analyzed plurality of data values;

recreating the EDI schema as a function of the applied set of decoding rules and the analyzed plurality of data values; and

generating the EDI transaction based on the EDI schema.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising an interface for receiving input from a user, and wherein the processor is configured to apply the received input from the user to generate the EDI transaction.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor analyzes the plurality of data values by identifying values for one or more of the following properties for eXtensible Markup Language (XML) tags:

name, minimum number of occurrences, and maximum number of occurrences.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the values includes value of the one of more properties:

data type name, minimum length, and maximum length.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein said structure of the EDI schema includes information relating to a transaction type of the EDI schema.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a file with XML tags describing the EDI schema in response to recreating the EDI schema.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the text file includes a plurality of pre-determined delimiters to separate the plurality of data values, and wherein the processor is configured to identify the plurality of data values by identifying the plurality of pre-determined delimiters.