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Re: X12 vs: XML File Sizes
EDI is primarily an Application-to-Application
interface. It was not intended for human readability.
Cheers,
Stanley Pool
Spool Consulting L.L.C.
--- Michael Mattias < wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Chessman" <
> To: <
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 5:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [EDI-L] X12 vs: XML File Sizes
>
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> > 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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