"You don't have to rely on expensive and proprietary EDI conversion software
to parse, validate, and translate EDI X12 data to and from XML; you can
build your own translator with any modern programming language, such as
Python."

by Jeremy Jones
http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/26854

Excerpt:
"Python is an object-oriented, byte-compiled language with a clean
syntax, clear and consistent philosophy, and a strong user community. These
attributes (both of the language and the community) make it possible to
quickly write working, maintainable code, which in turn makes Python an
excellent choice for nearly any programming task. Processing any "flavor" of
EDI is no exception."


Hi,
just wanted to share with you, that the last issue
of the DevX newsletter comes with a Python related
article as first item in the list of subjects.

Claudio

Claudio Grondi wrote:
[color=blue]
>"You don't have to rely on expensive and proprietary EDI conversion software
>to parse, validate, and translate EDI X12 data to and from XML; you can
>build your own translator with any modern programming language, such as
>Python."
>
> by Jeremy Jones
> http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/26854
>
> Excerpt:
> "Python is an object-oriented, byte-compiled language with a clean
>syntax, clear and consistent philosophy, and a strong user community. These
>attributes (both of the language and the community) make it possible to
>quickly write working, maintainable code, which in turn makes Python an
>excellent choice for nearly any programming task. Processing any "flavor" of
>EDI is no exception."
>
>
>Hi,
>just wanted to share with you, that the last issue
>of the DevX newsletter comes with a Python related
>article as first item in the list of subjects.
>
>Claudio
>
>
>
>[/color]
Anyone interested in processing EDI with Python will probably be
interested in giving it a read. Please feel free to scrutinize the code
mercilessly. I plan on creating a project on Sourceforge with the code
that is attached to that article (and hopefully with modifications
coming from user input in the ensuing months). Comments are greatly
appreciated.

Thanks for posting this, Claudio.

Jeremy Jones

There has already been some work in this area - although for X12
transactions for the healthcare industry. Its on sourceforge already and
best of all the development language is Python:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyx12/


thanks,
Satchit

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Jeremy Jones wrote:
[color=blue]
> Claudio Grondi wrote:
>[color=green]
>> "You don't have to rely on expensive and proprietary EDI conversion
>> software
>> to parse, validate, and translate EDI X12 data to and from XML; you can
>> build your own translator with any modern programming language, such as
>> Python."
>>
>> by Jeremy Jones
>> http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/26854
>>
>> Excerpt:
>> "Python is an object-oriented, byte-compiled language with a clean
>> syntax, clear and consistent philosophy, and a strong user community.
>> These
>> attributes (both of the language and the community) make it possible to
>> quickly write working, maintainable code, which in turn makes Python an
>> excellent choice for nearly any programming task. Processing any
>> "flavor" of
>> EDI is no exception."
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> just wanted to share with you, that the last issue
>> of the DevX newsletter comes with a Python related
>> article as first item in the list of subjects.
>>
>> Claudio
>>
>>
>>
>>[/color]
> Anyone interested in processing EDI with Python will probably be
> interested in giving it a read. Please feel free to scrutinize the
> code mercilessly. I plan on creating a project on Sourceforge with
> the code that is attached to that article (and hopefully with
> modifications coming from user input in the ensuing months). Comments
> are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for posting this, Claudio.
>
> Jeremy Jones[/color]