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Re: X12 vs: XML File Sizes

From: "Michael Mattias" <michael.mattias@...>
Date: Sat Dec 21, 2002  1:32 pm
Subject: Re: [EDI-L] X12 vs: XML File Sizes
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From: "Bill Chessman" < To: < Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: [EDI-L] X12 vs: XML File Sizes


> Focusing for a moment on the size issue (having strayed into more
> philosophical territory on my last note), the answer to the ratio is simple..

Let's not forget the ANSI and EDIFACT EDI standards were developed in the days
when 300-baud modems were king and connection time
quite expensive. Of course ANSI EDI data format uses less bandwidth: that was a
primary technical design consideration.


Michael Mattias
Tal Systems, Inc.
Racine WI







 
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