Terminology

Some of the terminology in the Data Interchange Services client product and documentation differs from the terminology in the WebSphere Partner Gateway product and documentation. The following table maps the terminology between the two products.

Terminology mapping between Data Interchange Services client and WebSphere Partner Gateway
This Data Interchange Services client term... Is equivalent to this WebSphere Partner Gateway term
Dictionary (EDI dictionary, ROD dictionary, or XML dictionary) - Used to logically group a set of EDI transactions, ROD definitions, or XML schemas and DTDs. Document flow definition- Protocol. An example is an EDI X12V2R1 or an ROD ADF-TO-EDI_DICT. METADICTIONARY attribute in the ROD Splitter Handler.
Document definition (EDI document definition, ROD document definition, DTD document definition, or Schema document definition) - Defines a particular business document, such as a purchase order or invoice.
Note:
DTD and Schema document definitions are both under the XML functional area.
Document flow definition - Document flow. An example is an EDI 850 or an ROD DTADF-TO-EDI_ADF. METADOCUMENT attribute in the ROD Splitter Handler for ROD documents.
Syntax type - These values are displayed as "EDI," "Record Oriented Data," and "XML." METASYNTAX attribute in the ROD Splitter Handler. Value to use is "rod." Can also be used in the Generic Document Flow Handler. Values used internally besides "rod" by the components/handlers are "xml," "ediIchg," (EDI Interchange), and "ediTrx" (EDI transaction).
Data transformation map Transformation map - Can apply to the Data Interchange Services client and other types of maps such as XSLT for XML Transformation.
Validation map Validation map - can apply to Data Interchange Services client and other types such as XML Schema.
Functional acknowledgment map Functional acknowledgment map

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