Every IT system has an internal data and object model. This model is matched with a relational model that turns into the supporting database. When systems interface, bridging the data & object model from one system to another is a significant effort. Signifcant effort means up to 50% of the integration effort! The historical method is for the exposing system to slightly simplify and expose it’s model, and the receiving system to create significant manual code to transform from the exposed model to it’s internal model. Over the past ten years or so, a large number of industry IT consortiums have been working to create industry data+transaction standards. These standards are designed to be highly interoperable, covering each business process and data objects for the particular industry. They appear rather complex (they are rather complex) as they’re designed to cover all aspects of an industry object with necessary flexibility. However, literally years of thought have gone into co...
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