Generating EDI message translations from visual specifications

John Grundy; Rick Mugridge; John Hosking; Paul Kendall

doi:10.1109/ASE.2001.989788

Generating EDI message translations from visual specifications

John Grundy, Rick Mugridge, John Hosking, Paul Kendall

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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Abstract

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems are used in many domains to support inter-organisational information exchange. To get systems using different EDI message formats to communicate, complex message translations, where data must be transformed from one EDI message format into another, are required. We describe a visual language and support environment which greatly simplify the task of the systems integrator by using a domain-specific visual language to express data formats and format translations. Complex message translations are automated by an underlying transformation engine. We describe the motivation for this system, its key visual language and transformation engine features, a prototype environment, and experience translating it into a commercial product.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 16th Annual International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2001
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	35-42
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	076951426X, 9780769514260
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2001.989788
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	Automated Software Engineering Conference 2001 - San Diego, United States of America Duration: 26 Nov 2001 → 29 Nov 2001 Conference number: 16th https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7763/proceeding (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Automated Software Engineering Conference 2001
Abbreviated title	ASE 2001
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	San Diego
Period	26/11/01 → 29/11/01
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7763/proceeding (Proceedings)

Keywords

Domain-specific visual languages
Message translation
Visual environments
XML

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Grundy, J, Mugridge, R, Hosking, J & Kendall, P 2001, Generating EDI message translations from visual specifications. in Proceedings - 16th Annual International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2001. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 35-42, Automated Software Engineering Conference 2001, San Diego, California, United States of America, 26/11/01. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2001.989788

Generating EDI message translations from visual specifications. / Grundy, John; Mugridge, Rick; Hosking, John et al.
Proceedings - 16th Annual International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2001. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2001. p. 35-42.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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