EXTENSIBLE SCHEMAS AND PARTY CONFIGURATIONS FOR EDI DOCUMENT GENERATION OR VALIDATION
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1. A method for use in an electronic data interchange (EDI) communications system, comprising:
- receiving information representative of at least one interchange of an EDI system including a plurality of different types of transaction sets; and
automatically discovering at least one deployed EDI schema in the EDI system that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of different types of transactions sets.
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Abstract
Improved systems for EDI schema generation or EDI document formation are provided based on extensible EDI schema, enhancing design time tools. Automatic schema discovery is performed based on deployed schemas for transaction sets within an EDI document. Instance generation and validation are also customizable to synchronize with per party EDI Properties enabling fine control over various choices for generation or validation processes.
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1. A method for use in an electronic data interchange (EDI) communications system, comprising:
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receiving information representative of at least one interchange of an EDI system including a plurality of different types of transaction sets; and automatically discovering at least one deployed EDI schema in the EDI system that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of different types of transactions sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A user interface for use in connection with an electronic data interchange (EDI) communications system for communication of EDI documents between EDI parties, comprising:
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a party configuration user interface component that receives a specification of at least one option specific to an EDI party of the EDI system for use when at least one of validating or generating an EDI document instance in the EDI system pertaining to the EDI party; and a configuration application component that applies the at least one option to performing at least one of validation of EDI document instances pertaining to the EDI party or generation of EDI document instances pertaining to the EDI party. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A server object for interfacing with at least one data store that stores a plurality of electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction set definitions (TSDs), including:
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an EDI document processing component that receives information representative of at least one interchange of an electronic data interchange (EDI) system including a plurality of different types of transaction sets; and an automatic schema discovery component that automatically discovers at least one deployed TSD of the plurality of EDI TSDs that correspond to at least one of the plurality of different types of transactions sets. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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