Using Secure XML & Transformation Technologies to
Facilitate EDI to EDI and EDI to XML Over an Open Network
EDI is very much alive and used by businesses worldwide. B2B
exchanges are finding that they must integrate with EDI networks in order to
tap into day-to-day business processes. Frameworks such as ebXML and RosettaNet
provide a new XML-based method of performing EDI functionality, but the real
issue is integration with existing EDI systems without forcing customer to
install new software. Mark outlines how to achieve this, using XSL to transform
to EDI message standards (example chosen - EDIFACT) and then routing the
message over an X400 messaging system. This approach is compared with other
approaches, both open-standard and vendor-specific.
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Mark O'Neill
As Chief Technical Officer at Vordel, Mark has overseen the
development of Vordel’s technical strategy and product development in the areas
of XML and public key cryptography. Mark designed and implemented EDI solutions
for Ireland’s largest EDI Value-Added Network (VAN), Eirtrade Services Ltd,
before merging his own company with Vordel, developing product for blue-chip
clients including Sony Europe, Intel, Royal & SunAlliance, AXA, the Irish
Government and Critical Path. Mark holds a double-honors degree in Mathematics
and Psychology from Trinity College Dublin and also studied neural network
modelling at Oxford University. Mark is a member of the OASIS Security Services
Technical Committee.Mark O’Neill has presented seminars on XML and PKI at the
XML One Conference in London and he has also contributed articles to the
Identrus eTrend quarterly publication and monthly industry tech-mag, XML
Journal.
