Introduction

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.

Standards (Schemas)

AgGateway Open Standards