TIBCO Foresight® HIPAA Validator® Desktop Standards and Guidelines Reference
Manual
4 | Introduction
Introduction
This document is intended as a reference for those who use EDI industry standards and
guidelines or develop customized guidelines using TIBCO Foresight® products.
Basic Concepts
Standards
Standards ensure that electronic data conforms to formatting rules for sending business
documents between companies using delimited, variable-length fields.
Some well-known standards are X12, EDIFACT, and NCPDP.
Industry Guidelines
Industry guidelines further define rules for specific industries.
Examples of types of industry guidelines are those related to healthcare, pharmacies, and
transportation logistics.
Customized Guidelines
Customized guidelines are those you develop using a published standard or guideline as a
starting point. They further define rules in places where the standard or industry guideline
is not specific enough or you need specialized behavior. Customized guidelines are also
referred to as
companion guidelines
.
Production Guidelines
Production guidelines are guidelines for TIBCO Foresight® Instream® and TIBCO Foresight®
HIPAA Validator Desktop® that you create by merging a user guideline with a TIBCO
Foresight guideline.
XML and Flat-File Guidelines
Unlike EDI, XML and flat-file guidelines are not firmly based on standards. Therefore, you
will notice differences in how they are implemented in TIBCO Foresight products. For more