Requirements

The general requirement for this utility is to convert one or more XML instance documents, each representing a single logical document, into an X12 transaction set. The transaction sets are bundled into one functional group and interchange. Here's a summary of the required functionality.

  • Inputs: There are two user-specified inputs. The first is a directory containing one or more XML instance documents, each in a single file. All have the same grammar. The second input is a file description document (as discussed in Chapter 6) that describes the XML documents and the X12 interchange to be produced. The utility also uses a document for maintaining EDI control numbers, as described in a later section of this chapter.

  • Processing: Each ...

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