"An Analysis of EDI message Translation and Message Integration Problems ":
Résumé
EDI is characterized by the possibility of sending/
treating
messages between information systems without any
human intervention. A large number of translations
are
needed in order to enable the communication between
an
enterprise and its suppliers and clients. Therefore
,
translators and wrappers are used to enable this ta
sk. In
this paper, we study the message translation and
conversion associated with B2B and E-commerce needs
.
We examine the message translation process and show
the
problems and lacks of existing solutions. We identi
fy the
mapping between different messages and define a
representative framework to map between different
representations. At the end, we suggest the use of
semi-
automatic transformation tool. This translator diff
ers by
being easy to use for managers and people with limi
ted
technical skills. It facilitates the task of defini
tion of a
large number of translations by using matching
techniques between source and target message.