If by any chance you do get a useful response to the question you actually
asked, i.e. examples of best practices, I would be fascinated to see them. I
have read articles and studies that are supposedly about best practices in
various fields and not one of them told me anything I could use that day or
that week. Many industries have a scope of operation and practice that can be
defined as "broad" and given that, EDI must be called "broadest" because it
covers them all. Are there any best practices that cover all the possible
trading partner relationships, translation software architectures?
I have never read anything I would consider a guide to best practices, but I
have been reading this list for quite a few years. You will find some very
good practitioners here. And part of the advice they offer will include the
proviso YMMV. What works for them may not work for you.
For those starting out in EDI, I do have some advice. I would hesitate to call
them best practices.
1) Keep business logic in the business application; use the mapper just for
mapping.
2) EDI is a business relationship, not a stand-alone feature. Insist, with as
much force as you possibly can, that you will only work from complete and
accurate specifications.
Here's where YMMV comes into #2. If you are a company with $500K in yearly
sales and your trading partner is Home Depot, "as much force as you possibly
can" is exactly zero.
Howard Parks
1 Peter 4:10
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