Re: Internet draft Interoperable Internet EDI

[drummond@xxxxxxxxxx (Rik Drummond)]

We believe once we facilitate secure EDI over Internet that ISPs will start
offering VAN type services such as tracking, duplicated transmission and
etc.  The control of the versions for the edi transaction sets are for the
edi translators...not the transport level which we are doing. It is still
up to the end trading partners to work out the version and type of
information they will exchange......


Hope that helps....Until the ISP start offering services like the vans you
may wish to offer both internet and VAN type transports....later..rik



At 6:05 PM 11/2/96, Carlos Chaves wrote:
>Here we are preparing to begin use EDI on Internet in Argentina. This
>document is very useful for us, but we had think works with VAN(on
>internet) that manage all transaction. I understand in internet draft that
>the message send directly to the recipient partner, partner to partner
>without EDI VAN. Our idea is that exist EDI VAN on internet. This itīs
>better for the control, acknowledgment, and tracking, duplicating
>trasmition, etc, but the most important thing (because all these subjet,
>you solve in the draft) itīs the control of EDI sintax. If nobody control
>the EDI Sintax, perhaps a partner donīt use EDI correctly and if the other
>partner donīt notice that, they will be sending messages that not is
>really EDI. The same problem may have with versions. If nobody control the
>versions perhaps in a few years diferents group of partner will have
>difernets version and will be more complicated a new transaction between
>them.
>
>I thank your help, and I am waiting your advice very interested.
>
>Carlos H. Chaves
>Computer Engineer
>carlos.chaves@interredes.com.ar
>
>PD: Sorry for my english.!!

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