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Chapter 1 Introduction : Messages

Messages
In a transaction performed by TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream, two partners exchange business documents over the Internet based on the predefined rules. These protocol standards specify what message formats and transport protocols the partners have agreed to use.
For more information on the partner agreement, see TIBCO BusinessConnect Trading Partner Administration, "Business Agreements Overview." The exchange of business documents is known as the process flow. In any process flow, two types of messages are exchanged: private and public messages
Private Messages and Processes
Private messages are exchanged between private processes and TIBCO BusinessConnect. They can contain a request, response, or notification document. For a detailed description see Chapter 8, Private Messages.
Private processes map the data from your application systems to TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream and from it to your application systems. The following types of private processes can be used:
Standalone private processes use TIBCO Rendezvous Certified Messaging or JMS to communicate with TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream. Windows examples are available in the following directories:
BC_HOME/protocols/tibedi/samples/scenario/sender/edisend.exe
BC_HOME/protocols/tibedi/samples/scenario/receiver/edircv.exe
These processes can either send requests to or receive replies from a TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol powered by Instream server.
For more information, see Creating Private Processes tutorial chapters in the EDI protocol configuration guides:
Public Messages
TIBCO BusinessConnect care of the public process exchanges documents with a trading partner over the Internet using the message formats and protocols specified by the EDI protocol standards.

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