Over the past decade, attempts have been made to automate parts of the software development and management process. One common problem has been how to handle the parts of the process that cannot be successfully automated. Mapping is the single most important impediment to wide scale deployment of trading partner networks for B2B eCommerce. Mapping is the process of creating a set of relationships between the data in one business document to another. These relationships are expressed in the rules that are to be applied as the source document is transformed into the target document format.
Rules can include how to change the syntax, validate or modify the contents.
Back to top Contivo has created an auto-mapping technology that automates the mapping of business documents. The patented software looks for matches between the source and target message formats and applies the appropriate rules when matches are found. The Thesaurus is self-learning and constantly growing with each deployment. This knowledge base can be extended to all participants of the Contivo eService network. Subscribed users log onto the web service, select the category of maps they want to retrieve, and download their selections.