RE: EDI over http?

[Peter Rawlinson <PeterR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The aim to have one generic standard for Internet EDI is one which
consortiums such as the OBI (www.supplyworks.com) are working to
achieve.  This standard should pave the way for a truly open system, but
will not be easy to achieve.  In some cases, buyers and suppliers may
have to make drastic changes to their current translation routines
and/or their mapping functions to interface with legacy systems.

I'm looking forward to seeing the IETF EDIINT EDI Work Group address
this 'challenge'.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	lincoln@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:lincoln@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent:	Tuesday, June 17, 1997 12:34 PM
>To:	Ma Fei Chun
>Cc:	ietf-ediint@xxxxxxx
>Subject:	Re: EDI over http?
>
>Dear Ma Fei Chun:
>
>Please allow me to describe my viewpoint that there are two ways to
>perform "EDI" using HTTP.
>
>One is through forms where a human being actually fills out or views a
>form. Maybe the other trading partner is sending and receiving an EDI
>document, and something in the middle is translating between a form and
>EDI. This is what GE's Tradeweb (http://www.getradeweb.com) and other
>types of web form services are doing. This should replace the use of fax
>machines and the receive-and-print "EDI" going on today.
>
>Second, and maybe even more important, the Auto (http://www.aiag.org),
>Natural Gas (http://www.neosoft.com/~gisb/), and Telco
>(http://www.atis.org/atis/tcif/) industries, and others, are moving
>towards using HTTP as an EDI file transfer protocol. The intent among
>all of these industries, I believe, is to one day have one generic
>standard (the next task of the IETF EDIINT EDI Work Group), but they are
>focused on their immediate business drivers for now. This protocol would
>be primarily used by two trading partners to exchange data in a
>real-time, point-to-point fashion. Advantages are obvious.
>
>Regards,
>
>Lincoln Yarbrough
>
>
>Ma Fei Chun wrote:
>> 
>> Hello!
>> 
>>         Can you tell me what are the strengthness and weakness of EDI over
>> HTTP?
>> 
>>                                                 Best Regards,
>>                                                 Ma Fei Chun, Patrick
>
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