A method for expressing the content of data interchange format messages, such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) documents, in a markup language, such as Extensible Markup Language (XML). One or more XML documents are created which define an XML data dictionary expressing the EDI semantics for transaction...http://www.google.com/patents/US20020049790?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020049790 - Data interchange format transformation method and data dictionary used therefor