OSI/MHS Orientation Guide

Building Your Message Handling System
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Developing EDI Applications With Compaq
OSI/MHS
Manuals and Media Guide
Table 1-9 includes Compaq manuals and educational media that help you integrate a
directory service with OSI/MHS. Items are listed in one possible reading order, but you
will certainly find yourself moving back and forth among the manuals as you work.
For brevity, Table 1-9 omits sources that describe how to set up an OSI/MHS
environment. If you have not yet set up an MHS environment, also see the list for
“Setting Up a Backbone Messaging Network or Hub” earlier in this section. Also, Table
1-9 assumes the directory service is NSDS. If it is not, refer to documentation supplied
by the directory service vendor.
In the table, represents a manual, represents a videotape, represents a
workbook, represents a lecture course, and represents information available to
Compaq technical support personnel through the Courier application.
Developing EDI Applications With Compaq
OSI/MHS
lIf electronic mail is the most common application of X.400 today, EDI—or electronic
data interchange—is not far behind and is growing in importance. The term EDI refers
to the exchange of business data in a prescribed format. Early EDI applications used
proprietary formats, but more recent applications follow standards such as
•
EDIFACT, an ISO standard defining message formats and some aspects of protocol
•
U.S ANSI X12, a United States standard similar to EDIFACT
•
United Nations Standard Messages (UNSM), a set of specific business messages
defined by United Nations working groups
Table 1-9. Manuals and Media for Integrating a Directory Service With OSI/MHS
Title
Subject
Area Contents
Introduction to NSDS NSDS Background on the Compaq NonStop Di-
rectory Service (NSDS)
NSDS Configuration and Man-
agement Manual
NSDS Background on configuration and man-
agement of NSDS
NSDS Viewer Manual NSDS How to use the NSDS graphical user inter-
face
NSDS Scriptor Manual NSDS How to use the NSDS batch (command-
file) interface
NSDS Programming Manual
for XOM and XDS
NSDS How to use the NSDS programmatic inter-
face
Messaging-Based Directory
Query Manual
NSDS How to use the NSDS message-based in-
terface
NSDS Event Management Pro-
gramming Manual
NSDS How to set up event management for
NSDS
NSDS Operator Messages NSDS How to interpret NSDS operator messages