Demystifying EDI [With CDROM]

by Russell A. Stultz and Michael Busby

Book and CD-ROM. Most of today's mid-size to large business enterprises and governmental agencies use electronic data interchange, or EDI, to interact with one another. EDI is a highly structured data... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556227086
• ISBN13: 9781556227080
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

THIS IS A GREAT BOOK ON EDI>>>>

THIS BOOK IS WELL WRITTEN AND A GREAT BOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF EDI. A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR LIBRARY.

Excellent Overview

I agree with the reviewer who thought that this was a good book. It will not carry you into the depths of architecture but it was never intended to do that. I get a strong sense that the person who did not like it hasn't worked much (at least) in this area. I have been in the information technology business for more years than I would care to admit and I have been both a professional EDI system developer and a trainer. This book addresses exactly the sort of basic questions that 99% of my customers pose and it should be the first stop for anybody who is remotely interested in that subject matter area. Since EDI is (at best) a slippery concept, the software that is provided offers something concrete that the customer/reader can get a grip on and (in my exprience) a text in this area without such a utility is useless.

Excellent beginners book

I would strongly disagree with the other negative review this book has gotten. There isn't a whole lot to say about EDI in general. The author does well to explain the basics. This book does give something that others are lacking. Sure, this book doesn't provide programming examples, but there is no other book on the topic of EDI that walks the reader through EDI software step by step. The book would work well accompanied with another programming (XML/EDI) type book. I give it the thumbs up.