A message is a related set of information composed into a single unit and sent from one system to another system–often between one party's system and another party's system (e.g., buyer to a seller). Common examples include purchase orders, ship notices, inventory reports, work orders, and work records. Synonyms for message include document, payload, and BOD (Business Object Document). A schema is a specification defining a message's structural and data-type requirements. In other words, a schema specifies what a message looks like. Sometimes people use standards as a synonym for schemas, but technically standards can categorize other implementation resources. While schema can be used generically, it is often used specifically to refer to a W3C XML Schema (a.k.a., XSD).
In the agriculture industry there are a number of organizations that develop and publish schemas. AgGateway collaborates with most of them. The following table outlines some of the most-used schemas that support supply chain operations and field operations.
Standard (Schemas) | Description | Organization | Notes |
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AgGateway Open Standards | |||
AgXML Standards | |||
OAGIS | |||
ISO 11783 | |||
Other ISO |