RE: [xsl] xslt and edi question

["Kuhn, Allen" <Akuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hope I can answer your question accurately :)

Our clients (buyers on the exchange and suppliers on the exchange)
basically want to do as little work as possible. Some are (or will be)
using OAG or EDI or custom flat files. The Commerce One exchange uses
xCBL. Our groups job is to get their data from their format (what ever
it is) to xCBL so we can send it to our market place. We're even finding
out that implementations of Oracle's ERP will not follow OAG standards,
not to mention any customizations done on site. So we have a lot of
custom items to consider.

Did that help answer your question  ??? Let me know if it didn't

Thanks again - Allen

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Richard Draucker [mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:	Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:03 PM
To:	xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [xsl] xslt and edi question

I thought the whole value in XML for EDI was the deployment of a
schema/dtd 
to which each client would adhere.  Are you saying the clients expect
you to 
do the translation from their inhouse format to your XML schema/dtd for
them? 
 Just curious.




On Wednesday 01 August 2001 12:44 pm, you wrote:
> Hi Allen,
>
> XSLT is only useful if you are transforming from an XML format. You
are
> going to have to use another mechanism to transform from non-XML data
> sources. Something like DataJunction should do the trick.
>
> Regards
> John Maughan
> Cape Clear Software
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kuhn, Allen [mailto:Akuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 August 2001 17:30
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] xslt and edi question
>
>
> I am a software developer working for a business to business exchange.
> We are working on integrating our trading partners to the exchange
using
> Commerce One's xCBL XML. To do this we also need to convert data from
> the format used by our trading partners (OAG, EDI, flat files, etc).
>
> XSLT appears to be a good solution for this challenge. A good portion
of
> my work will include converting EDI documents to xCBL. I have also
seen
> mappings of EDI formats to xCBL and OAG. I also currently have to
> translate a flat file (with delimiters) to xCBL. I realize I have more
> work going from non-XML data fields, however I'm assuming this can be
> done.
>
> Is my assumption correct, that non-XML "data" documents can be
converted
> using XSLT. Any clarification, or additional advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time and consideration. I am also subscribing to
> Mulberry's user group, to post this there. Thanks again.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Allen Kuhn
> akuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:akuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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