OSI/MHS Gateway Programmatic Interface (GPI) Reference Manual

Glossary
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EDIM responsibility
a single EDI interchange (which may be original or forwarded). Additional body parts
contain information related to the EDI interchange, such as drawings or explanatory
text.
EDIM responsibility. An EDIM cannot leave the EDI messaging system unless its
responsibility is accepted by some user (recipient). When a user accepts responsibility,
the body parts of that message are made available to the user by the associated EDI-UA,
EDI-MS, or PDAU (which received the EDIM on behalf of the user).
EDIMS user. An X.400 user that engages in EDI messaging. An EDIMS user originates,
receives, or both originates and receives EDIMs. An EDIMS user may be a person or a
computer process. An EDIMS user may access the EDI messaging system directly
through an EDI user agent or access unit, or indirectly through an EDI message store.
Note that each EDIM contains only one EDI interchange (which may or may not have
been forwarded).
EDIN (EDI notification). A notification indicating the disposition of an EDIM received.
An EDIN can be requested by the originator of an EDIM when the EDIM is sent. The
EDIN is generated by the EDI-UA, EDI-MS, or PDAU associated with the recipient.
There are three possible conditions that can be requested and reported on: forwarded
notification (FN), negative notification (NN), and positive notification. Each type of
notification relates to acceptance or refusal of responsibility for the EDIM by the
recipient. See also forwarded notification, negative notification, and positive
notification.
Electronic data interchange (EDI). The automated exchange of structured business data,
such as invoices and purchase orders.
element. See string element.
element of service. In OSI, a feature or function defined as part of a service.
empty response record. In DSM programmatic interfaces, a response record containing only
a return token with a value that means “no more response records.”
EMS (Event Management Service). A part of DSM used to provide event collection, event
logging, and event distribution facilities. It provides for different event descriptions for
interactive and programmatic interfaces, lets an operator or application select specific
event-message data, and allows flexible distribution of event messages within a system
or network. EMS has SPI-based programmatic interfaces for reporting events and
retrieving event messages.
EMS collector. See collector.
EMS standard definitions. The set of declarations provided by EMS for use in event
management, regardless of the subsystem. Any application that retrieves tokens from
event messages needs the EMS standard definitions. See also definition files, data
communications standard definitions, or SPI standard definitions.