A Framework for Multilingual Electronic Data Interchange

Abstract

In The restriction of using English in B2B conversations has always been a big barrier for eCommerce globalization. In this paper, the design of an environment to support B2B electronic data interchange in any language set by the users is presented. After some basic checks, XML messages can be translated into the user defined language. This translation is conducted by the use of a local dictionary. In addition, to verify the messages, there is a compiler in our proposed framework that checks the data types, syntax and semantics of any exchanging message. © Springer-Verlag 2004.