KR20020033380A - Apparatus for handling XML/EDI of B2B Operation and Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for processing an XML/EDI(Extensible Markup Language/Electronic Data Interchange) for performing businesses between companies is provided to reduce the generation of errors by providing an EDI service to users who can't use the EDI service owing to the problem of expenses in the form of XML, and by converting paper documents into electronic documents. CONSTITUTION: A B2B processing server(20) includes a web service processing unit(201), an extraction processing unit(202), a mapper connection processing unit(203) and a storing unit(204). The web service processing unit(201) makes out an EDI(Electronic Data Interchange) document according to a request of an external web browser user connecting through a network and confirms errors of the document. In addition, the web service processing unit(201) transmits the EDI document to the user. The mapper connection processing unit(203) receives and confirms the EDI document from the outside. The extraction processing unit(202) analyzes and extracts the request for processing the EDI document transmitted through the web service processing unit(201) or the mapper connection processing unit(203).

Description

Application for handling XML / EDI of B2B Operation and Method

The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium recording an XML (X) (EXtensible Markup Language) / EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) processing system and a method and a program for realizing the method. The present invention relates to an XML / EDI processing system and method for easily performing an enterprise-to-company business using EDI in accordance with a user's convenience, especially in a network environment such as the Internet and the above. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

First, terms to be presented will be described to facilitate understanding of the present invention.

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) was proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1996 and is a standardized text format designed to transmit structured documents on the Web. This overcomes the limitations of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) used on the Internet and solves the complexity of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), adding the ability for users to define new tags in HTML. Easy to understand In addition, XML is a subset of SGML's practical functions. It is expected to be widely used not only on the Internet but also in electronic publishing, medicine, management, legal, sales automation, digital library, and e-commerce.

XML is a useful way to share both data and formats on the World Wide Web, intranets, etc. Jon Bosak, chair of the W3C, describes XML as follows:

"In the future, XML will bring the most significant advances in Web technology, and will radically change the fundamentals of the Web. XML will enable the building of secure e-commerce and drive a new era of distributed applications. XML Will change the relationship between software developers and customers, which means that XML provides a format that can be read on any platform, so you don't have to be tied to the specific environment associated with a particular company's product. "

XML is currently officially recommended by the W3C as a tool for making the Web more versatile.

Next, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) will be described.

EDI is a standard format for exchanging transaction data between companies. First developed by the American Data Exchange Standards Association, the EDI standard is defined in the American National Standards Institute X12 (ANSI X12) and is closely linked to or integrated with the global standard "EDIFACT."

EDI messages contain strings of data elements, each representing individual facts such as price or product model number, separated by delimiters. The entire string is called a data segment, where one or more data segments framed by headers and trailers form a transaction set, which is an EDI transport unit (which is equivalent to a message). A transaction set often consists of items that would typically be contained in a typical trade document or form. Both parties involved in EDI transmissions are often referred to as trading partners.

EDI messages can be encrypted or decrypted. EDI, along with e-mail and fax, is a form of business to business.

Based on the above basic understanding of XML and EDI, the prior art and the description of the present invention will be started.

Until the advent of the Internet, most people listened to and looked at computers, computerization, and informatization. In fact, even if they didn't know or ignore those terms related to computers, they didn't have a big problem in living the world. But things have changed now. Without knowing the Internet or computers, they had problems communicating with their children at home, and they could not work properly at work.

By analyzing all of this more closely, however, we can see that the Internet is still used mainly at the personal level. It has become commonplace to use the Internet to get all the information you need, to buy goods on the Internet, and to send and receive letters (e-mail) using the Internet, all of which are individuals, consumers, information users, or e-mail. You are using the Internet as a sender or recipient of.

Although the Internet is widely used at the enterprise level, it is still insignificant considering the capabilities of the Internet and related information technology and its scope of use. From the corporate perspective, the Internet is being used more for additional activities related to the company, such as marketing related materials or identifying potential customers, rather than the essential tasks related to the company's activities such as purchasing, sales and related work. Examples of the use of the Internet related to the essential functions of a company, such as purchase and sale, include an Internet shopping mall that sells goods and services using the Internet, but that is not to say that a company fully utilizes the Internet.

Corporate Internet is the electronic process of business-to-business (e-biz) business. The electronic process of business between companies is completed through the following process.

-First, automate or informatize internal business.

-Connect the individual company's system with automation or information to the counterpart's system.

This may seem easy and simple, but it is not so easy. This history of automating B2B business processes is already more than 30 years old. EDI, which originated in the mid-1960s, is the traditional way of automating B2B business processes, which is still not widely available in the new century. The reason for this is that the installation and use of this method is expensive and not only expensive to maintain. Therefore, SMEs, except for some large ones, are reluctant to use them.

However, with the creation of the Internet, there is room to reduce costs related to EDI, that is, communication costs. Since 1996, the so-called Web EDI has been realized among some companies, and it will be widely spread in the near future. However, this method, which is implemented in the HTML method, is difficult to implement and extend, and has a problem in that it is expensive to maintain like the traditional EDI.

Take Boeing, for example. Boeing has about 10,000 trading partners. The cost of doing business with them is tremendous. As a result, Boeing introduced EDI since the 1960s, but did not respond to it except for some suppliers. However, Boeing has been able to save huge purchase costs with EDI applied to some companies.

Boeing introduced Web EDI in 1996, making the purchase process online and expanding the range of electronic processes. With the introduction of this method, some of the companies that did not use the EDI method introduced Web EDI. But most companies are reluctant to use WebEDI. It is still difficult.

In other words, the use of EDI in conventional business transactions has great advantages in terms of eliminating paper documents and simplifying business processes, but due to poor compatibility, technical difficulties in implementation, high cost, and difficulty in converting forms, This was not an easy issue.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, XLM / which performs the EDI document creation, conversion and connection processing using the XML format for performing the business between companies in a general network environment, such as the Internet It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a processing system, a method thereof, and a program for realizing the method.

Figure 1a and Figure 1b is an embodiment configuration diagram for an XM L / ID processing system for performing the inter-company business in accordance with the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of an XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention;

3A to 3D are flowcharts of one embodiment of a method of processing an XLM / IDA for performing an inter-company business according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of another embodiment of an XML / EDI processing method for performing an enterprise between companies according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

20: B2B Processing Server 21: Web Browser

22: Mapper 23: Internal System

201: Web service processing unit 202: Extraction processing unit

203: Mapper connection processing unit 204: Storage unit

The system of the present invention for achieving the above object is, in the XM L / ID processing system for performing business between enterprises, in response to a request from an external web browser user connected via a network (XML: eXtensible Markup Web processing means for creating, error checking, transmitting, and providing an XML format EDI document received to the web browser user of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) document; An association processing means for receiving and confirming an EDI document in XML format from the outside, and performing relaying to a corresponding external destination address for the given XML format EDI document; And analyzing / extracting the EDI document processing request in XML format transmitted from the outside through the web processing means or the cooperative processing means, and extracting the extracted information to the user through the corresponding web processing means or the cooperative processing means. It characterized in that it comprises an extraction processing means for delivering it.

In addition, another system of the present invention, in the XM L / ID processing system for performing the business between companies, provides the Web browser user with data to enable EDI processing in the XML format (XML) (EDI) processing A web service processing means for receiving the data and providing the data delivered to the web browser user; External connection processing means for receiving an EDI document in XML format from outside and performing delivery to a destination address defined for a given EDI document in XML format; Checks and notifies that the XML format of the EDI document prepared according to the request from the web service processing means is correct, and receives and analyzes the XML format EDI document from the web service processing means and the external connection processing means and delivers the document. Or extraction processing means for determining and processing storage; And storage management means for performing storage management of the data transmitted in response to a storage request from the web service processing means, the external connection processing means and the extraction processing means.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention, XML / IDAI processing method applied to the XML / IDAI processing system for performing the inter-company business, the method comprising: a first step of receiving a connection through a network from a web browser user; A second step of receiving a selection of an EDI service from the web browser user and displaying and providing contents to be input; A third step of receiving input from the web browser user and checking whether there is enough input content so that there is no error as an EDI document in XML format; A fourth step of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format and notifying the web browser user if there is an error as a result of the checking in the third step; And a fifth step of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in an XML format as a result of the checking in the third step, and sending the created document to a corresponding destination through a network if there is no error. do.

In addition, the method of the present invention, in the XLM / IDAI processing method applied to the XML / IDAI processing system for performing the inter-company business, to create an EDI document in the XML format at the request of the web browser user and error A first step of performing a determination and sending it to a corresponding destination; A second step of receiving an EDI document of an internal document standard from a user who uses the internal document standard, converting the EDI document to an XML format, and sending the EDI document to a corresponding destination; Receiving an EDI document in XML format from the outside, extracting document information, and confirming a destination of the received document based on the extracted information; A fourth step of converting the received XML format EDI document for viewing by the web browser user and providing it to the web browser when the received document is delivered to the web browser user as a result of the checking of the third step; A fifth step of converting the received XML format EDI document into an internal document standard and delivering the received document to an internal document standard user if the received document is delivered to the internal document standard user as a result of the checking of the third step; And a sixth step of sending the received XML format EDI document to the corresponding destination if the received document requires the relaying process for delivery to the corresponding destination as a result of the checking in the third step. It is characterized by.

On the other hand, the present invention, the XML / ID processing system having a processor, a first function for receiving a connection via a network from a web browser user; A second function of receiving a selection of an EDI service from the web browser user and displaying and providing contents to be input; A third function of receiving an input from the web browser user and checking whether there is enough input content so that there is no error as an EDI document in XML format; A fourth function of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format as a result of the check of the third function, notifying the web browser user if there is an error, and repeatedly performing the third function; And a program for realizing a fifth function of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format and sending the created document to the corresponding destination via a network if there is no error as a result of the checking of the third function. Provide a computer-readable recording medium for recording.

The present invention also provides an XML / EDAI processing system having a processor, comprising: a first function of creating an XML format EDI document according to a request of a web browser user and performing an error determination; A second function of receiving an EDI document of an internal document standard from a user who uses the internal document standard, converting the EDI document to an XML format, and sending the EDI document to a corresponding destination; A third function of receiving an EDI document in an XML format from the outside to extract document information and confirming a destination of the received document based on the extracted information; A fourth function of converting the received XML format EDI document for viewing by the web browser user and providing it to the web browser when the received document is delivered to the web browser user as a result of the checking of the third function; A fifth function of converting a received XML format EDI document into an internal document standard and delivering the received document to an internal document standard user if the received document is delivered to the internal document standard user as a result of the checking of the third function; And if a result of the checking of the third function is that the received document requires a relay process for delivery to a corresponding destination, a sixth function of sending the received XML format EDI document to the corresponding destination to perform the relay process. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program is provided.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of an XML / IDA processing system for performing an intercompany business according to the present invention.

1A shows a schematic diagram of an XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention.

The XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention provides an EDI service to both the Web browser user 11 and the mapper user 12 through the B2B processing server 10, thereby providing a trading company internal system 13 ) Can be connected.

Here, the B2B processing server 10 serves as a messaging server for XML messages, relays messages between users, and manages mailbox IDs and user IDs of users. It receives and parses an XML document, extracts the necessary information, and provides it to the user.

That is, B2B processing server exchanges, manages and stores XML / EDI messages, converts / reverses XML data into flat file, UN / EDIFACT and other private formats, XML Schema, X. Function to save SL (XSL: eXtensible Stylesheet Language), processing and management of XML / EDI document (send / receive, create, search, modify, delete), and data exchange process between server and user system (FTP, HTTP , SMTP, Private-Socket, etc.), information management functions (e.g., input, modification, deletion, etc.) for the counterparty, the function of recording the process of each step in the server, the function of recording various information of the user (registration, modification , Delete, etc.), data interface processing function between web browser and server, and API (Application Program Interface) function for accessing and manipulating XML documents.

The web browser user 11 may receive the EDI service only with a web browser capable of viewing XML documents without a separate program. That is, the browser can connect to the B2B processing server 10 to create / send / view / delete a message.

For the mapper user 12, the mapper is a system for linking between the user's internal system and the B2B processing server 10. When there are a lot of internal documents, it is difficult to create a document with a web browser. Therefore, by placing a mapper between the internal system and the B2B processing server 10, the XML document can be converted to fit the internal system. The document can be converted into an XML document and sent to the B2B processing server 10.

In FIG. 1B, the functions of the B2B processing server shown in FIG. 1A will be described in more detail.

The B2B processing server 10 may be divided into a web service part, an internal system part, and a communication part with a mapper.

The web service processing unit 101, which is a web service part, is for a web browser, and includes ASPs (Application Service Providers) linked to a web server and a component part used in an ASP.

In ASP, you can search and delete documents, create new XML documents, edit XML documents, copy documents, and view / change user and mailbox information.

The internal system portion includes an extraction processor 102 and a storage 104.

The picker of the extraction processing unit 102 stores the received documents in the storage unit 104, parses an XML document, extracts meta information, and then changes the status of a related document. . After the above processing is completed, it is determined whether the document is for internal processing or to be sent to the outside and moved to the processing unit.

The storage unit 104 stores the data requested from the web service processing unit 101, the extraction processing unit 102, and the mapper connection processing unit 103.

The mapper communication unit is responsible for the mapper connection processing unit 104. The mapper connection processing unit 104 includes a BMTP (B2binternet Message Transfer Protocol) client, a BMTP server, and a BMTP management unit.

The BMTP server receives the message from the mapper and delivers the message to the picker of the extraction processing unit 102.

The BMTP client receives the message from the picker of the extraction processing unit 102 and sends it to the mapper.

Although not shown in the figure, the BMTP management unit manages a BMTP server and a BMTP client.

2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of an XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention.

The XML / EDI processing system shown in FIG. 2 includes a B2B processing server 20, a web browser 21, a mapper 22, and an internal system 23.

Here, the B2B processing server 20 includes a web service processing unit 201, an extraction processing unit 202, a mapper connection processing unit 203, and a storage unit 204.

Referring to the operation of the XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention.

A user who does not use an internal document processing standard such as a small and medium-sized business requests an EDI process by accessing the web service processing unit 201 of the B2B processing server 20 using the web browser 21. The web service processing unit 201 provides a document format for EDI processing through the web browser 21, and receives an input from the user accordingly. The input contents are stored in the storage unit 204 as user data, and the extraction processing unit 202 checks whether there are no errors as XML / EDI data.

The web service processing unit 201 notifies the user of the input data of the user identified through the extraction processing unit 202 in the XML / EDI processing and receives the input again through the web browser 21, and if there is no problem, the XML is received. It is stored in the storage unit 204 as / EDI transmission data and then sent in an XML format according to a user's request.

In addition, when a web browser user requests an information request and an error check when an XML / EDI document is created, the web service processing unit 201 uses the storage unit 204 and the extraction processing unit 202 to send information to the web browser user. Provide it or provide it by checking for errors. Error checking includes error checking for the XML format, and error checking for conformance with the EDI format to be written.

In contrast, a large company or a user who processes a document in accordance with an internal document processing standard creates a document in accordance with the format of the internal system 23 and requests the contents to be sent. The internal system 23 converts the XML / EDI document through the mapper 22, and the mapper 22 transfers it to the mapper connection processing unit 203 of the B2B processing server 20, and the mapper connection processing unit 203 The received content is stored in the storage unit 204 and analyzed by the extraction processing unit 202 and provided to the user of the web browser 201 through the web service processing unit 201 or transferred to another mapper 22.

Here, the Mapper 22 will be described briefly. As a product that converts data between each other based on the Internet, all documents between each other are electronically documented to process data-interface with internal and external systems. Conversion and transmission / reception over the Internet.

Mapper 22 includes document conversion function, communication related function, statistics related function and security related function.

The document conversion function of the mapper 22 may perform XML-to-F / F (Flat File) conversion or F / F-to-XML as a data interface with internal and external systems when electronic documents are exchanged between companies. You can also convert the XML document sent by the other party to another XML document or perform reverse conversion.

The communication related function of the mapper 22 is a management function of a program that performs tasks related to sending and receiving documents, and exchanges documents through the BMTP protocol between the B2B processing server (EDI message server) 20 and the mapper 22. In addition, it has a function of accumulating and transmitting messages, and can support various addressing systems and set delivery options.

The statistics related function of the mapper 22 is a function that can perform various environment setting and transmission / reception conversion inquiries of the mapper 22, and provides usage history such as user, period, and service content based on various types of logs. Statistical information about the user can be generated. Here, the various types of logs refer to connection history (number of connections, time of connection), document transmission / reception history, document transmission / reception number, document size, mailbox usage history (document storage time), and the like.

The security function of the mapper 22 is a function that can register various information of the mapper and manage the mail-box ID of the counterpart. The system security (system account management), message security, user's request Support for recording questions and inquiries (server control function).

When the description of the XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention is summarized, the present invention performs an XML / EDI process through a mapper in an organization having an internal document processing standard such as a large company, and transmits it to a corresponding destination through a server. For example, in the case of internal document processing standard or simple processing, the web service processing unit of the processing server executes the XML / EDI processing by using a web browser and sends it. In addition, the server receives data in the form of XML / EDI from the outside, converts the data to a web browser provided format to a web browser user, and delivers the data to the mapper to the mapper user. In addition, a web browser user or the like can store and manage EDI documents and related materials on the server.

3A to 3D are flowcharts of one embodiment of an XML / IDA processing method for performing an inter-company business according to the present invention.

3A to 3D illustrate an XML / EDI processing method provided to a web browser user.

An example of the XML / EDI processing method provided to the web browser user is briefly described as follows.

After the user company connects to the server, enter the member ID and password, and the screen for using the service appears. If you select the service you need from sea, air and land, you will be presented with a menu for each of the relevant documents. At this time, if you click on the document you want to prepare, the documents of various documents appear in compressed format and record the necessary contents in each blank. The format of the data is written as XML / EDI data in the server, and the written document is examined to see if it is properly written in XML language. If it is incomplete, it is saved and then temporarily added to the temporary pending state or error part. Server's database is linked with "SQL7.0" which is one of database management system (DBMS), and the data of related companies are fetched and transmitted through the Internet in XML format to the designated address. The transmitted document is converted into a flat file (F / F) through MAPPER and transmitted to the server of the receiving company.

Referring to the flow of the XML / EDI processing method provided to the web browser user through an example shown in the drawings as follows.

First, the server receives a connection from a web browser user (301), asks the web browser user whether it is a member who has registered to use the XML / EDI service, and receives a response (302).

The server analyzes the response and checks whether the web browser user is a member (303).

As a result of checking whether the web browser user is a member, if the user is not a member, the web browser user is asked whether or not to receive the membership (304).

The server analyzes the response to determine whether the web browser user wants to register (305).

As a result of determining whether the web browser user wants to register, if the server does not want to sign up, the server terminates the provision of the XML / EDI service.

After judging whether the web browser user wants to register, if the user wants to register, the web browser user is provided with a membership menu (306). To receive the ID (ID), mailbox ID (ID), password, etc. are input (307).

The server checks whether the content input from the web browser user is sufficient for member registration (308).

As a result of checking whether the contents input from the web browser user are sufficient for membership registration, if not enough, the web browser user is notified of the fact that the registration is insufficient and the reason thereof, and the user is requested to re-enter the registration information (309). The process is repeatedly performed from receiving information 307.

As a result of checking whether the contents input from the web browser user are sufficient for member registration, if the member registration is sufficient, the member process the member registration and provide a registration screen indicating that the registration is made to the web browser user (310). In operation 311, the web browser user requests input of an ID and a password so that the web browser user can use the XML / EDI service.

When the server checks whether the web browser user is a member by analyzing the response from the web browser user as to whether or not the member has registered to use the XML / EDI service, and if the web browser user responds that the member is a member, the web browser user is determined to be XML / EDI. In order to use the service, an ID (ID) and a password are requested and received from a web browser user (311).

If the ID and password entered by the web browser user are not correct, the user is requested to re-enter it.

The user who inputs the correct ID and password asks the user to select a service method such as air transportation, sea transportation, inland transportation, etc. (312).

According to the user's selection, a menu of related documents corresponding thereto is provided (313), and an EDI document to be prepared is selected from the user (314). That is, if air transport is selected, a menu of relevant documents corresponding to air transport is presented, and the user selects from them.

The EDI document selected by the user is displayed on the user's input and provided to the user (315), and the user receives the corresponding content (316).

The server checks whether the user has filled in all the contents (317). If the user does not fill in all the contents, the server temporarily stores the contents in the storage of the server and notifies the user of the error and requests re-entry (319). From the process (315) to display the contents to be input by the user for the selected EDI documents from the provided to the user is repeated.

As a result of checking whether the user has written all the contents, if all the contents to be written are written, it is checked whether the contents written by the user are error free as XML / EDI data (318).

As a result of checking whether the contents created by the user are XML / EDI data, there is an error. If there is an error, it is temporarily stored in the storage of the server and the user is notified of the error and requested for re-entry (319). The process of displaying the contents input by the user for the EDI document and providing the same to the user is repeated.

As a result of checking whether the contents written by the user are in error as XML / EDI data, if there is no error, the user temporarily stores the completed XML / EDI document as an error and analyzes whether the created EDI document requires a tax invoice (320).

As a result of analyzing whether the prepared EDI document requires a tax invoice, if a tax invoice is required, a tax invoice is prepared (321), and an XML-formatted document including the tax invoice is sent to the corresponding destination (322). Of course, the user's shipping information is stored in the storage unit as data.

As a result of analyzing whether the prepared EDI document requires a tax invoice, if the tax invoice is not required, an XML document is sent to the corresponding destination (322).

The received document is received at the destination and sent a response. The server receives a response to the content received from the destination in XML / EDI format (323).

The server converts the response content received in the XML / EDI format so that the web browser user can view it and provides it to the web browser user (324).

The server determines whether the web browser user checks the response and wishes to rewrite the corresponding dispatch document (325).

As a result of determining whether the user wants to rewrite the corresponding shipping document, if the user wants to rewrite, the user repeatedly displays the contents to be input and provides them to the user (315).

As a result of determining whether you want to rewrite the sent document, if you do not want to rewrite it, the processing contents of the document are stored in the storage of the server, and the XML / EDI processing process for the document is terminated.

The above embodiment describes that a web browser user uses a desired service through a system for providing an XML / EDI service. In the system according to the present invention, related data are stored according to the user's registration and service use, and presented in the case of a user's request.

4 is a flowchart of another embodiment of an XML / EDI processing method for performing an enterprise between companies according to the present invention.

In FIG. 4, contents not provided in FIGS. 3A to 3D are presented among services provided through the XML / EDI processing system.

In the XML / EDI processing system according to the present invention, an EDI service can be easily used by a web browser user through XML. In addition, the system user who uses the internal document standard converts and processes the XML / EDI document through the mapper, and parses the XML / EDI document delivered from the outside to check the destination and delivery method, It provides the data in the correct format and relays the data to users of the internal system using the mapper. At this time, in order to facilitate such processing, related services such as data storage, statistical processing, and transmission / reception confirmation processing may be additionally provided.

In FIG. 4, as described above, a process according to document transfer from a mapper not shown in FIGS. 3A to 3D will be described.

First, an XML / EDI document is received from a mapper through a network (401).

The received XML / EDI document is parsed to extract necessary information (402), and information about the XML / EDI document being processed is stored based on the extracted necessary information (403). That is, the mapper connection processing unit of the B2B processing server receives the corresponding document and delivers the document to the extraction processing unit. The extraction processing unit parses the XML format document and extracts necessary information from the parsed content and stores it in the storage unit. In this case, the extracted information may include destination information.

The server determines 404 whether the received XML / EDI document is a document that should be delivered to another mapper. In other words, it is to check whether the server should act as a relay or if the server is a destination.

As a result of determining whether the received XML / EDI document is to be delivered to another mapper, if the document is to be delivered to another mapper, the XML / EDI document is sent to the destination through a relay process to the destination mapper (405). The sent XML / EDI document is stored for the processing result, which is stored and managed in association with the extraction information.

As a result of determining whether the received XML / EDI document is to be delivered to another mapper, if the document is not to be delivered to another mapper, it is an XML / EDI document that is delivered to the web browser user registered with the server. The received XML / EDI document may be converted (406) and stored as information of the corresponding user in the server along with the received original document (407). Determine whether the web browser user is connected and notify the receipt of the document according to the method set by the user.

The server provides the content of the received document, that is, the received XML / EDI document, stored in response to the web browser user's access (408).

As described above, the present invention can be generally used for inter-company documents such as B2B processing between companies. That is, it can be used collectively for the delivery of documents having rules for processing such as transportation, trade, customs clearance, logistics, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and inter-enterprise electronic commerce.

On the other hand, the present invention is used in the processing of XML / EDI document as described above, in particular, it shows the relay role processing in transferring EDI documents between enterprises. In other words, companies transform their document forms using the mapper, and receive and relay them. In enterprises that do not implement their own document processing, such as small and medium-sized enterprises, they access the server according to the present invention. Will be used. In the same way, the receiving side processes the XML / EDI document through the server and the service proposed in the present invention.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary knowledge.

As described above, the present invention provides EDI services in XML format to users who have not been able to use EDI services due to high cost and maintenance difficulties, such as SMEs, thereby replacing paper documents with electronic documents, and simplifying preparation documents. This can simplify the billing process, making documents unnecessary, and reducing errors due to error checking in advance.

In addition, the present invention, it is possible to use the EDI service easily, it is possible to receive the fare early, there is an effect of increasing the liquidity of the funds.

In addition, the present invention, the EDI service in the XML format can be processed by the web browser only on the Internet, and the user can easily introduce the system by interlocking with the internal system through the XML / EDI Mapper (Mapper) It has an effect.

In addition, the present invention, by processing the EDI in the XML format used on the Internet compared to the traditional EDI method, the use fee is low and economical, it is easy to spread to other tasks.

In addition, the present invention, by bringing the automation of fare settlement in the import and export company, there is an effect that the manual operation is automated, double input operation is prevented, and errors are reduced.

In addition, the present invention, by processing the business (B2B) business between the Internet environment in the XML format that can cope with active change, can actively cope with the needs of the customer, and the effect of easily interworking with the internal system have.

In addition, the present invention plays a role of relaying the XML / EDI document in the inter-company business process, so that both companies with their own corporate document forms or those who do not can receive the service through the server according to the present invention. It has an effect.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that can be carried out in a variety of applications, such as transportation / trade / customs clearance / logistics / ERP in the business process between companies.

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In the MBL / IDA processing system for performing business between companies, In response to requests from users of external web browsers connected via a network, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) documents in XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format can be created, checked, sent, and sent to the web browser users. Web processing means for performing provision of an EDI document in a received XML format; An association processing means for receiving and confirming an EDI document in XML format from the outside, and performing relaying to a corresponding external destination address for the given XML format EDI document; And Analyzing / extracting the EDI document processing request in XML format transmitted from the outside through the web processing means or the cooperative processing means, and extracts the extracted information to the user through the corresponding web processing means or the cooperative processing means. Extraction processing means for delivery XM L / IDi processing system comprising a. The method of claim 1, Storage management means for performing storage management of the data transmitted in response to a storage request from the web processing means, the associated processing means and the extraction processing means; XM L / IDi processing system further comprising. The method of claim 2, Mapping processing means for performing conversion between the internal document specification EDI document and the XML format EDI document so that users of the system using the internal document specification can process the EDI document in XML format. XM L / IDi processing system further comprising. The method of claim 1, The web processing means, Processing the inquiry / deletion of the EDI document of the web browser user connected through the network, the creation / editing / copying of the EDI document in XML format by the user's request, and the inquiry / change of user and mailbox information. XML / IDA processing system. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The associated processing means, Reception processing means for receiving a message transmitted from the outside and delivering it to the extraction processing means; Outgoing processing means for receiving a message from said extraction processing means and delivering it to a corresponding destination according to a given format; And Transmission and reception management means for managing the transmission and transmission for the XML format EDI document by managing the reception processing means and the transmission processing means XM L / Ida processing system comprising a. In the MBL / IDA processing system for performing business between companies, Web service processing to provide data to the web browser user to enable Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processing in the form of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) (XML). Way; External connection processing means for receiving an EDI document in XML format from outside and performing delivery to a destination address defined for a given EDI document in XML format; Checks and notifies that the XML format of the EDI document prepared according to the request from the web service processing means is correct, and receives and analyzes the XML format EDI document from the web service processing means and the external connection processing means and delivers the document. Or extraction processing means for determining and processing storage; And Storage management means for performing storage management of data transmitted in response to a storage request from said web service processing means, said external connection processing means and said extraction processing means; XM L / IDi processing system comprising a. The method of claim 6, In order to enable users of systems that use the internal document specification to process XML-formatted EDI documents, the document conversion is performed by converting between EDI documents and XML-formatted EDI documents. Mapping processing means for storage management XM L / IDi processing system further comprising. The method of claim 7, wherein The mapping processing means, Conversion processing means for performing conversion and inverse conversion on an XML / EDI document and a document of an internal document standard; Communication processing means for performing a task related to transmission and reception of documents through message accumulation processing and delivery options; Statistics management means for generating statistical information on usage history, managing various environment setting information, managing transmission / reception conversion information, and providing corresponding information on request; And Security management means to perform security processing such as account management of users, message security, management of user requirements and inquiries XM L / Ida processing system comprising a. The method of claim 8, The conversion processing means, If the format of the XML / EDI document used inside the enterprise is different from the format of the XML / EDI document used outside the enterprise, this can be checked and accordingly, the conversion and inversion of the XML / EDI document of different formats can be performed. XM L / ID processing system, characterized in that the conversion processing. The method of claim 6, The extraction processing means, Parsing the received XML format document to extract the necessary information, and determines whether the document is to be delivered to the outside or displayed in a web browser for a web browser user to process the web service processor or the external connection XML / EDIA processing system, characterized in that processing through means. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 10, The external connection processing means, Reception processing means for receiving a message transmitted from the outside according to a given protocol format and delivering it to the extraction processing means; Outgoing processing means for receiving a message from the extraction processing means and delivering it to a corresponding destination according to the given protocol format; And Transmission and reception management means for managing the reception processing means and the transmission processing means to perform the transmission and reception smoothly XM L / Ida processing system comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, The external connection processing means, And a communication processing with the mapping processing means which plays a role of a connection with the system using the internal document standard. In the MBL / IDA processing method applied to the XLM / IDA processing system for performing business between companies, A first step of receiving a connection via a network from a web browser user; A second step of receiving a selection of an EDI service from the web browser user and displaying and providing contents to be input; A third step of receiving input from the web browser user and checking whether there is enough input content so that there is no error as an EDI document in XML format; A fourth step of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format and notifying the web browser user if there is an error as a result of the checking in the third step; And A fifth step of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format as a result of the check in the third step and sending the created document to the corresponding destination through the network if there is no error; XM L / IDi processing method comprising a. The method of claim 13, A sixth step of confirming whether the EDI document in the XML format generated by the request of the web browser user requires an additional document such as a tax invoice, preparing the additional document, and sending it to the destination through the network; XM L / IDi processing method further comprising a. The method according to claim 13 or 14, A seventh step of receiving a response document at the destination through the network for an EDI document in XML format sent according to a request from the web browser user and providing the web browser user with the response document; XM L / IDi processing method further comprising a. The method of claim 15, An eighth step of repeating from the third step on the EDI document of the XML format sent according to the rewriting request of the web browser user who has confirmed the response document XM L / IDi processing method further comprising a. In the MBL / IDA processing method applied to the XLM / IDA processing system for performing business between companies, A first step of creating an EDI document in XML format according to a request of a web browser user, performing an error determination, and sending it to a corresponding destination; A second step of receiving an EDI document of an internal document standard from a user who uses the internal document standard, converting the EDI document to an XML format, and sending the EDI document to a corresponding destination; Receiving an EDI document in XML format from the outside, extracting document information, and confirming a destination of the received document based on the extracted information; A fourth step of converting the received XML format EDI document for viewing by the web browser user and providing it to the web browser when the received document is delivered to the web browser user as a result of the checking of the third step; A fifth step of converting the received XML format EDI document into an internal document standard and delivering the received document to an internal document standard user if the received document is delivered to the internal document standard user as a result of the checking of the third step; And A sixth step of transmitting the received XML format EDI document to the corresponding destination, if the received document requires the relaying process for delivery to the corresponding destination; XM L / IDi processing method comprising a. The method of claim 17, The seventh step of storing and managing information on the EDI document in XML format, which is transmitted and received so that the data can be provided upon request. XM L / IDi processing method further comprising a. In an XML / EDIA processing system with a processor, A first function of receiving access via a network from a web browser user; A second function of receiving a selection of an EDI service from the web browser user and displaying and providing contents to be input; A third function of receiving an input from the web browser user and checking whether there is enough input content so that there is no error as an EDI document in XML format; A fourth function of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format as a result of the check of the third function, notifying the web browser user if there is an error, and repeatedly performing the third function; And A fifth function of processing the input content from the web browser user as an EDI document in XML format as a result of the check of the third function and sending the created document to the corresponding destination through the network if there is no error; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this. In an XML / EDIA processing system with a processor, A first function of creating an EDI document in XML format according to a request of a web browser user, performing an error determination, and sending it to a corresponding destination; A second function of receiving an EDI document of an internal document standard from a user who uses the internal document standard, converting the EDI document to an XML format, and sending the EDI document to a corresponding destination; A third function of receiving an EDI document in an XML format from the outside to extract document information and confirming a destination of the received document based on the extracted information; A fourth function of converting the received XML format EDI document for viewing by the web browser user and providing it to the web browser when the received document is delivered to the web browser user as a result of the checking of the third function; A fifth function of converting a received XML format EDI document into an internal document standard and delivering the received document to an internal document standard user if the received document is delivered to the internal document standard user as a result of the checking of the third function; And A sixth function of sending the received XML format EDI document to the corresponding destination if the received document requires the relaying process for delivery to the corresponding destination as a result of the checking of the third function; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.