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DataDirect XML Converters - Prior Release Information

Summary of Previous Releases

Release 4.0 provides the following features: 

• Support for BizTalk — XML Converters 4.0 for .NET is fully compatible with Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006, and integrated in the Microsoft BizTalk development environment.
• Expanded EDI dialect and message support — DataDirect XML Converters now supports the HIPAA EDI dialect.
  Expanded message support for currently supported EDI dialects includes the following:
  • ATIS: 004010
  • EDIFACT: D08A
  • IATA: 07-1
  • X12: 005050
  The current EDI message support status is summarized here:
  • ATIS: 004010
  • EANCOM: 1997, 2001, 2002
  • EDIFACT: 88-1, 90-1, 90-2, 91-1, 91-2, 92-1, 93-2, S93A, D93A, D94A, D94B, D95A, D95B, D96A, D96B, D97A, D97B, D98A, D98B, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B, D05A, D05B, D06A, D06B, D07A, D07B, D08A
  • Edig@s: 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0
  • HIPAA: 004010A1, 005010, 005010A1
  • HL7: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6
  • IATA: 92-1, 93-1, 93-2, 94-1, 94-2, 95-1, 95-2, 96-1, 96-2, 97-1, 97-2, 98-1, 98-2, 99-1, 99-2, 00-1, 00-2, 01-1, 01-2, 02-1, 02-2, 03-1, 03-2, 04-1, 04-2, 05-1, 06-1, 07-1
  • X12: 003030, 003040, 003050, 003060, 003070, 004010, 004020, 004030, 004040, 004041, 004042, 004050, 004051, 004052, 004060, 005010, 005020, 005030, 005040, 005050
• Enhanced SEF support — DataDirect XMLConverters provides the following enhancements to Standard Exchange Format (SEF) support:
  • Enhanced support for the SEF grammar
  • The ability to load SEF files programmatically
  • Integration with Stylus Studio's EDI to XML Module, which allows you to build and test SEF file extensions using a graphic user interface (GUI) without writing any code.
• New URI parameters — DataDirect XMLConverters provides several new URI parameters to make managing XML conversions even easier:
  • atis= allows you to specify whether or not you want to test an X12 EDI file to see if it is of the ATIS dialect and then process it accordingly.
  • hipaa= allows you to specify whether or not you want to test an X12 EDI file to see if it is of the HIPAA dialect and then process it accordingly.
  • ignore= allows you to ignore specific errors when performing an XML conversion.
  • indent= specifies whether or not to indent XML output.

Release 3.2 provides the following features: 

• EDI Support: DataDirect XML Converters 3.2 includes the latest versions of the X12, HL7, and IATA vertical standards. This allows customers to use the latest versions of these standards and seamlessly interoperate with their trading partners, who may be using different versions of the standards.
• EDIG@S Support: EDIG@S is an EDI standard based on the European subset of EDIFACT, used by gas companies to exchange vast amounts of information to handle dispatch and operational information. DataDirect XML Converters now support the transformation of EDIG@S messages into other EDI messages, such as EDIFACT, or into XML and vice-versa, enabling exchange of energy information.

Release 3.1 provides the following features: 

• HL7 Support: HL7 is a standard for the exchange, management and integration of healthcare information to support patient care.  Current versions of HL7 are XML-based, while previous versions were EDI-based only.  DataDirect XML Converters allow different versions of HL7 to be easily exchanged, easing the HL7 upgrade burden for healthcare organizations.
• Standard Exchange Format Support: SEF is a common way to specify the structure of an EDI document. It is useful to describe customizations that often occur in the use of EDI messages.  DataDirect XML Converters provide an additional way for companies to support their custom EDI needs.
• Enhanced XML Schema Support: In many cases, users need to know what XML Schema is output (or required as input) by a converter; DataDirect XML Converters provide an API for dynamically fetching the XML Schema corresponding to a conversion.

Release 3.0:  Initial Product Release - provides the following features: 

• Native support for Java and .NET – DataDirect XML Converters are highly scalable Java and .NET components.  The Java version is written in pure Java and has no application server requirements.  The .NET implementation is written entirely in C#. 
• Support for many EDI schemas and flat file types – Full support for X12, EDIFACT, EANCOM, IATA, and flat files (this includes CSV, Tab delimited, and dBASE).
• Support for wide variety of custom files – DataDirect XML Converters support the definition of custom conversions for transforming custom flat file types to XML. Use Stylus Studio to graphically create the custom conversion definition and deploy it using DataDirect XML Converters. 
• Streaming support delivers performance and scalability enhancements – Performance enhancements have been made to further optimize the transformation of large EDI and flat files to XML and vice-versa.  The underlying streaming architecture and use of the supported streaming APIs drastically reduces the amount of memory required when processing large documents.
• Fully embeddable – Both the Java and .NET implementations of the DataDirect XML Converters are fully embeddable in applications – including support for any J2EE or .NET application server and even XQuery and XSLT implementations.
• Support for StAX, SAX, XmlReader, and XmlWriter – DataDirect XML Converters provide full support for the standard streaming XML APIs for both Java and .NET.
• Support for custom EDI messages – Supports the definition of custom EDI messages from scratch or based on a specific version/sub-version of the standard, but requiring additional sets of EDI groups, segments, composites or elements.
• On the fly EDI validation – While converting EDI to XML and XML to EDI a variety of validation tasks are performed on the fly.  For example, syntax checking, presence of mandatory segments, EDI version numbers consistent with message structure, automatic conversion of dates and more.