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Old dudes as well as young dudes in old-school industries like healthcare or logistics. I work at a logistics company and inter-company integration via EDI mess
by kyllo 12y ago
Old dudes as well as young dudes in old-school industries like healthcare or logistics. I work at a logistics company and inter-company integration via EDI messaging is still considered cutting-edge technology in this field.
Of course it doesn't just mean pre-internet standards like ANSI X12 and EDIFACT anymore, these days much of the messaging is CSV and XML data pushed over FTP or AS2. But it's almost like no one has even heard of an HTTP REST API or JSON (or even SOAP) yet.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Old dudes as well as young dudes in old-school industries like healthcare or logistics. [...] > Of course it doesn't just mean pre-internet standards like ANSI X12 and EDIFACT anymore, these days much of the messaging is CSV and XML data pushed over FTP or AS2. But it's almost like no one has even heard of an HTTP REST API or JSON (or even SOAP) yet. Given that both an HTTP+Mime and a SOAP transport are mandatory for all payers to support for transactions (which, yes, are still X12) covered under operating rules adopted as national requirements under HIPAA [1], I'm pretty sure that its not the case that no one in the healthcare industry has heard of SOAP. [1] Under the CORE 270 Connectivity Rule, http://www.caqh.org/pdf/CLEAN5010/270-v5010.pdf http://www.caqh.org/pdf/CLEAN5010/270-v5010.pdf
- kyllo 12y agoInteresting, thanks for sharing. Like I said, I work in logistics. I've never worked in healthcare before so I didn't know they are required to use SOAP, but I was aware that they use lots of X12 and I guess I thought SOAP content was always XML. SOAP is pretty rare in my industry. Almost all FTP & AS2.