Warfighter Support Stewardship Growth Development Leadership Defense EDI Convention Development System (DECoDe) Briefing for: DLMSO April 29, 2008 Defense

Warfighter Support Stewardship Growth & Development Leadership

Defense EDI Convention Development System (DECoDe)

Briefing for:DLMSO

April 29, 2008

Defense Logistics Agency


DECoDe Overview

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DECoDe Ownership

• LMI "owns" the intellectual property of the software

• LMI can use the software in support of other customers

• Government has “unlimited license”• Government is entitled to copy of

computer code and data on request

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DECoDe Catalog of ICsDECoDe is a desktop data base that has been growing since 1988.

It details more than 6000data elements across morethan 30 EDI transaction sets.

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DECoDe Capabilities• Enables complete design, construction, and electronic/paper

publication of DOD X12 ICs.• Hosts copies of ANSI X12 data standards, vocabulary and syntax

metadata.• Enables building prototype X12 transactions as well as mapping to

established X12 transactions.• Maps DOD functional logical names into X12 data standards.• Generates both machine readable (.SEF) and human readable ICs

– accepted by FESMCC.• Enables upload of .SEF to DOD and Federal registries.• Maps DLSS into X12 through notes field.• Stores functional SME and developer notes with respective logistics

data elements.• Maintains history of change dates and notes.

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DECoDe Suite of Tools

• MS Access Database• MS Word• Adobe Acrobat• EDISIM• Crystal Reports (Matrix & Code List

Formats)

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DECoDe FlowNew IC/

DM(1)

DECoDe(2)

EDISIM(4)

.SEF(3)

.PDF(7)

.PDF(7)

.XSD(3)

XMLSpy

(4), (6)

.PDF(7)

.XSD(8)

SchemaValidator

(5)

External.SEF(1)


DTEB IC Construction

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Adobe .PDF

• Cover Page (MS Word)• Table of Contents (MS Word)• Section 1.0: Introduction to the IC (MS Word)• Section 2.0: Control Segments (MS Word)• Section 3.0 (EDISIM)

– Standard IC front-end pages (transaction set)– EDISIM Printout of IC

• Section 4.0: Matrix printout of IC (DECoDe)• Additional sections (as required)

– Section 5.0: IC Elements in EDI Format– Section 6.0: Application Code Lists (DECoDe)– Section 7.0: Reserved for future use– Section 8.0: Reserved for future use– Section 9.0: Additional Information for the developer

DTEB IC Components

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DTEB IC Construct• Boilerplate

– Fairly static– Cover, Table of Contents, Sections 1 and 2, and Sections 3 and 4 front ends– Update header and footer information

• IC name, ID#, and version• Date

– Convert to .pdf files• Compiling IC (in Adobe Acrobat)

– Insert pages from cover, table of contents, and Sections 1-4 boilerplate– Insert the EDISIM file (.pdf)– Insert DECoDe matrix (.pdf)– Insert DECoDe section 6 (if applicable) (.pdf)

• Naming DTEB ICs: (8 characters)– Position 1-2: “dt”– Position 3-5: Transaction set number (e.g., 858)– Position 6: IC variant (e.g., R)– Position 7-8: Version (e.g., 41 = 4010)


Sample DTEB IC Extracts

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Cover Page

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Table of Contents

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Section 1.0

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Section 2.0

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Section 3

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Section 3

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Section 4

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Section 4

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Section 6

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Sections 3 & 4Comparison

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Matrix(Display Multiple Uses of N9)

Note use of different attributes for each occurrence

Note use of different qualifiers for each occurrence


Sample DECoDe *.SEF

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DECoDe SEF

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DECoDe SEF (w/notes)


Proposed DECoDe Enhancements

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DECoDeEnhancements

• Migrate to Oracle database• Normalize the database• Web enable the application• Expand data standards dictionary

– Currently has X12– Plan to include UN/CEFACT core components

• Integrate with XML Spy• Upload DECoDe-based XML schemas to MDR and UDDI. • Benefits

– Multiple user access w/defined roles– Synchronized use of data– Expansion of domains (e.g., 5030)– Defined development vs. production environment– Application resides in a secure environment– Scheduled backups– Improve configuration management


DLMSO IC ConstructionFlow Chart

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EDI FlowADC

EDISpec

BuilderEDISIM

.ECS .RTF .PDF .SEF(DS)

.SEF(Fed)

A

B

.XSD

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XML Flow

XMLSpy

.XSD .PDF

A

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LOGDRMS

3 Tables to update:1. Directory of DLMS

Supplements2. DLMS Data Element

Dictionary/Directory3. Dictionary/Directory of

DLMS Qualifiers

LOGDRMS

Report Query

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Is There a Use for DECoDe Within DLMSO EDI and XML

Business Processes?


BACKUPS

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Table Listing all ICs

Select IC

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Edit the IC Selected

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Edit the X12 Attributes

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Edit User Notes

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Insert Change History Notes

for Documentation Purposes

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Edit X12 Code Values

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Insert New Segment

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DECoDe Screen Shots

Select Elements to Include in New Segment

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DECoDe Screen Shots

DECoDE Automatically Inserts New Numbering in the Index Numbers

Note New Segment Numbering

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Warfighter Support Stewardship Growth Development Leadership Defense EDI Convention Development System (DECoDe) Briefing for: DLMSO April 29, 2008 Defense