Patent ID: 7281211
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of automatically generating Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) documents by a trading partner comprising the steps of: receiving, by the trading partner, a standard data model comprising EDI related data for a plurality of transactions; generating from the standard data model, by the trading partner, data definitions for a self describing markup language corresponding to each transaction of the EDI related data; generating self-describing markup language data using a data definition from the generated data definitions for the self-describing markup language corresponding to an EDI transaction and corresponding application data related to EDI; and automatically generating, by the trading partner, an EDI document based on the self-describing markup language data, wherein the step of generating data definitions further comprises, for each transaction, generating data definitions for the self-describing markup language, a separate data model to read in data, a separate data model to read out data, and a map component file, wherein the step of generating data definitions comprises receiving user input of an EDI standard, a version of the standard, a transaction set, and mapping rules for the standard data model.