Product Overview
TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream® is the TIBCO B2B solution for transferring EDI documents between trading partners. It can be used for all EDI integration scenarios, including connecting directly to trading partners and connecting to value added networks (VANs).
It is beneficial in the following situations:
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A company wants to migrate from an existing EDI translator to a comprehensive B2B integration server.
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A company wants to integrate its existing EDI system with other XML-based systems that it is already using.
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A company wants to focus on process-oriented B2B integration to allow legacy data exchange to transition over time from EDI to XML.
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A company must adapt to the EDI format preferred by its trading partners. TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream® supports exchange of EDI documents with your trading partners.
The following figure shows the augmented features of TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition with protocol-specific features such as message validation and conversion, and acknowledgment.
Protocol Variants
TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream® includes several protocol variants, which supports the leading EDI industry standards as follows:
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Gateway
Provides support for batching documents and communicating with VANs. For more information about configuring and using this variant, see TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream®, Gateway Configuration.
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X12
Provides support for ANSI X12. For more information about configuring and using this variant, see TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream®, X12 Configuration. NAESB NAESB Internet ET stands for North American Energy Standards Board Internet Electronic Transport. Its earlier version, GISB EDM - GISB (Gas Industry Standards Board) electronic Delivery Mechanism standard was an EDI transport mechanism to support reliable and secure transactions over the Internet. Only the X12 protocol is supported for NAESB Internet ET, which is designed to transfer all data types: EDI or XML. However, NAESB is used only by energy industry for transmitting EDI messages using the X12 protocol. For more information about the packaging standard NAESB Internet ET, see NAESB in TIBCO BusinessConnect™ Container Edition - EDI Protocol powered by Instream®, X12 Configuration.