Validation and XML Conversion You can configure TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream to perform EDI syntax checking of the X12, TEXT, TRADACOMS, or EDIFACT documents you exchange with your trading partners. This product is designed to be flexible and can work with any EDI standard based upon X12, TEXT, TRADACOMS, or EDIFACT. You can also configure TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream to convert XML documents into EDI documents and EDI documents into XLML documents. Inbound EDI documents can be converted to XML for processing by your private processes. Your private processes can also pass XML data to TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream for conversion to EDI data prior to sending the data to your trading partners. Outbound XML to EDI conversion is available for the X12, TEXT, TRADACOMS, or EDIFACT standard. EDI guideline files contain the information required by the validation engine to perform its syntax checking. A guideline file is created for each EDI transaction set or message type exchanged with your trading partners. Guideline files can be customized to suit your business needs. For more information, see Customizing a Guideline. TRADACOMS to XML For inbound transfers, TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream validates TRADACOMS data from the trading partner and converts it to XML data. For outbound transfers, TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream converts XML data to the TRADACOMS format and sends it to trading partner, or directly sends TRADACOMS data to the trading partner.