In a transaction performed by TIBCO BusinessConnect B2BPlugin for CMI, two partners exchange business documents over the Internet based on the pre-defined rules. These protocol standards specify what message formats and transport protocols the partners have agreed to use.
See TIBCO BusinessConnect Trading Partner Administration, Business Agreements Overview, for more information on the partner agreement. 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 are exchanged between private processes and TIBCO BusinessConnect. They can contain a request, response, or a notification document. For a detailed description see
Chapter 6, Private Messages. Private processes map the data from your application systems to TIBCO BusinessConnect B2BPlugin for CMI and from it to your application systems. The following types of private processes can be used:
TIBCO BusinessConnect takes 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.
