Information needed to set up the hub
You need some information about the types of exchanges
in which the Community Manager will participate in order to set
up the hub. For example, you need the following information:
- Which types of documents (for example, EDI-X12 or custom XML)
will the Community Manager and its participants be sending through
the hub?
- Which types of transports (for example, HTTP or FTP) will the
Community Manager and its participants use to send the documents?
- Will the documents be transformed before being delivered?
- Will the documents be validated before being delivered?
- Will the documents be encrypted or digitally signed or use some
other security technique?
When this information is gathered, you are ready to begin setting
up the hub.
After you define the hub, you can define your participants, using
information (such as IP address and DUNS numbers) that is supplied
to you by the participants.
