A Study of EDI Applications Using XML and Software Agent Techniques
| Autor: | Connie Ho, 何淑媛 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 90 The internet has changed the global economic business model. Every industry has to learn to adapt to the speed and connectivity of the Internet─i.e. E-Commerce. EDI is the major infrastructure of B2B E-Commerce. Due to the high cost of VAN needed by the traditional EDI systems, the application of EDI is restricted to large-scale companies. Although the Web-EDI has dramatically cut down the implementation cost, HTML is less flexible and hard to extend. On the other hand, XML provides a file format for representing data and a schema for describing data structure. Thus, a new powerful business paradigm can be created by combining XML and EDI. In this study, a structure of EDI systems, based on XML and Software Agent is proposed. XML is used for data interchange format, so B2B and B2C data interchange function is included. For the integration of different information systems, XML is used as an interchange medium to transfer the Meta Data among homogeneous databases. The database sources, field sources, data format, interchanging rules and other attributes of an EDI system can all be described by the XML format. The Software Agent concept is also integrated in this EDI structure. The transaction message is fed back automatically to the customers by the software agent to enhance the customer relation management. An existing system of a mid-scale freight transportation company is used as a case study to integrate and interchange data between the company and its clients. Keywords：EDI, Web, XML, Software Agent. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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