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RE: Is EDI dead?
Absolutely EDI is human readable. Much more so than XML with the tag
structure. One of the reasons I like it so much. :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:01 PM
> To: 'Timothy Cronin';
> Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Is EDI dead?
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> Gee, whiz....binary XML sounds suspiciously like ED doesn't it?I!!!!
>
> "Could you define binary XML?
> Leventhal: An off-the-cuff definition is that this is XML at
> the sacrifice
> of human readability that encodes XML information in a more
> efficient way
> for processing by computer programs. The main concerns are
> processing speed
> and compactness."
>
> Tim, would you say that EDI (X12 or UN/EDIFACT) is human
> readable? I would!
>
> Rachel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Cronin [mailto:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:28 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Is EDI dead?
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> Just for fun. Is XML still human readable in its binary format?
>
> From
> SearchSAP.com: Today's News
> January 03, 2005
>
> Enterprises are expected in 2005 to spend more on XML acceleration
> appliances to offload performance hits until a single binary
> XML format is
> ratified.
> http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,2891
> 42,sid26_gci10
> 32797,00.html?track=NL-137&ad=500010
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>
> Tim Cronin
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>
>
> "Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]" < wrote: > I
> don't think the
> ultimate downfall to EDI will be a new
> > format, but rather
> > the slowness of it as it was originally a batch oriented system.
>
> The format of the messages doesn't have a lot to do with
> whether it's batch
> oriented; I wager that I could write a very efficient and
> robust realtime
> processing system that chewed on X12 and EDIFACT transactions
> just as easily
> as XML. (Not saying it'd be as easy to write, just that the
> transactions
> would be processed realtime in a similar fashion to XML.)
>
> > Most sales people and business people frankly don't care
> what standard
> > they use as long as you load their data correctly.
>
> Darn right! It's all about the Benjamins. Business people
> don't care about
> XML, EDI or $INSERT_MARKUP_LANGUAGE_HERE. Just provide
> results, accurately
> and quickly.
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