BizTalk server 2000 : a beginner's guide

This work offers an easy-to-use learning tool including an eight-page blueprint section for additional visual instruction. Teaching readers how to use BizTalk, it provides implementation tips, in addition to providing an introduction to the technology.

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Clemens Vasters is CTO and cofounder of newtelligence AG--a software firm specializing in XML and Microsoft .NET technologies--and has more than 13 years experience developing commercial software systems. With more than 8 years of experience in designing and building Windows NT and COM-based applications in the financial industry, he is also a frequent contributor to several international developer magazines and frequent speaker at international developer conferences.

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
Part I Electronic Information Exchange
1 A Brief History of Electronic Data Interchange	p. 3
Castrum Novaesium	p. 4
Electronic Data Interchange	p. 5
The eXtensible Markup Language	p. 9
Enterprise Application Integration Worries	p. 12
EDI Meets XML Meets EAI	p. 14
2 Federated Services: The Connected Economy	p. 17
B2B Is a Reality	p. 18
Web Services	p. 22
Security and the Electronic Signature	p. 23
Authenticity	p. 25
Redefining Document	p. 26
Heterogeneous System Landscapes	p. 28
Document Standardization	p. 31
3 Data Formats	p. 33
ANSI X12	p. 34
UN/EDIFACT	p. 40
SWIFT/ISO 15022	p. 43
XML	p. 46
4 Microsoft .NET	p. 67
The .NET Framework	p. 68
The .NET Enterprise Servers	p. 73
Part II BizTalk Overview and Concepts
5 Introducing BizTalk Server 2000	p. 83
What BizTalk Server Does and Doesn't Do	p. 84
BizTalk Server Editions	p. 86
Installing BizTalk Server	p. 89
6 BizTalk Ideas and Concepts	p. 103
Document-Driven Systems	p. 104
Rapid Adaptation and Short Turnaround Times	p. 106
The BizTalk Community--BizTalk.org	p. 107
The BizTalk Framework	p. 108
7 BizTalk Server Messaging Terminology	p. 125
Organizations and Applications	p. 126
Document Definitions	p. 128
Ports	p. 129
Channels	p. 133
Envelope Definition	p. 137
Distribution Lists	p. 138
8 BizTalk Messaging Concepts	p. 139
BizTalk Messaging Service	p. 140
BizTalk Interchange Application	p. 144
Document Routing	p. 148
9 BizTalk Orchestration Concepts	p. 155
A Common Language for Developers and Analysts	p. 157
From Drawings to Applications	p. 166
10 BizTalk Messaging Tools Overview	p. 175
BizTalk Editor	p. 176
BizTalk Mapper	p. 181
BizTalk Messaging Manager	p. 184
BizTalk Administrator	p. 193
BizTalk Document Tracking	p. 196
Part III BizTalk Architecture and Components
11 BizTalk Messaging Architecture	p. 203
The Architectural Big Picture	p. 204
The BizTalk Management Database	p. 206
The Shared Queue Database	p. 234
The BizTalk Document Tracking Database	p. 234
Document-Processing Pipeline Components	p. 234
12 BizTalk Orchestration Architecture	p. 247
Orchestration Schedules and XLANG	p. 248
How to Run Schedules	p. 251
Schedules as Components	p. 254
About Properties, Constants, and the Nonexistence of Variables	p. 255
Hydration and Dehydration	p. 257
Part IV Architecting, Designing, and Configuring BizTalk Server 2000 Solutions
13 Finding and Defining the Solution Architecture	p. 261
Managing Complexity	p. 263
14 Creating Orchestration Schedules	p. 271
Introducing Orchestration Designer	p. 272
Defining the Business Flow	p. 274
Defining Ports	p. 279
Long-Running Transactions	p. 310
15 Creating Document Specifications	p. 317
Review	p. 318
Defining XML Documents	p. 320
Defining EDI Documents	p. 340
Defining Flatfile Documents	p. 355
16 Mapping Documents	p. 359
BizTalk Mapper	p. 360
Mapping Fundamentals	p. 360
Mapping Documents	p. 388
More Mapping Examples	p. 400
17 Configuring the Application	p. 403
BizTalk Messaging Manager	p. 404
Defining Applications and Organizations	p. 405
Creating Ports	p. 407
Creating Channels	p. 411
Creating Loopback Ports	p. 419
Completing the Sample Configuration	p. 421
Implementing Advanced Features	p. 429
Sending Functional Acknowledgments and Receipts	p. 436
18 Testing and Troubleshooting BizTalk Messaging	p. 439
Avoiding Messaging Problems Before They Happen	p. 440
Finding and Isolating Messaging Errors	p. 451
Part V Administering BizTalk Server 2000
19 Installing BizTalk in a Production Environment	p. 463
Considerations for Planning Deployments	p. 464
Automated Deployment	p. 483
20 Programmatic Application Deployment and Configuration	p. 487
The BizTalk Configuration Object Model	p. 488
Using Windows Management Instrumentation	p. 502
21 Tracking Documents	p. 511
The Document Tracking Database	p. 512
The Document Tracking Tool	p. 528
Part VI Extending BizTalk Server 2000: The Basics
22 Custom Parsers and Serializers	p. 533
Implementing a Custom Parser	p. 534
Writing Custom Serializers	p. 575
23 Writing Application Integration Components	p. 591
Writing Simple Integration Components	p. 593
Writing Pipeline Components	p. 595
24 Writing Custom Functoid Containers	p. 607
Writing Functoid Scripts	p. 608
Implementing Functoid Containers	p. 613
Part VII Appendixes
A BizTalk Schema	p. 621
B ISO 6523 Codes	p. 627
Index	p. 633

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