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Digital Guide · Step 4

The Transport Protocol

Transmission of The Data

Once the data has been put into the appropriate format, the next step, Step 4, is the transmission of data to your business partner's system.

There are many different Internet protocols that are able to transmit messages (payloads) between companies. The available protocols offer a range of choices to meet different performance and security needs. One way to think about the different options is to compare them to the options offered by the postal service for sending a piece of physical mail.

  1. 01

    Postcard

    You could send a postcard, which is very inexpensive but offers no privacy, as anyone who encounters it can read the contents.

  2. 02

    Envelope

    You could enclose the contents in an envelope. But envelopes can be easily opened by anyone handling them. Furthermore the envelope could be accidentally misrouted to the wrong address.

  3. 03

    Tracked delivery

    Would you put 10,000 TL in a plain envelope and send it via the postal service?

    If the contents of your letter were sensitive or critical you might want to receive delivery confirmation. The confirmation might be passive in the form of being able to track the location on a website. Or, the confirmation might be more active, such as a proof of delivery that is sent to you.

Network Protocols

  1. 04

    Box and insurance

    In some cases, you may want to send something too large to fit in an envelope. Instead of an envelope, a box may be required. If you have a very valuable shipment, you may want to use special packaging. Moreover, you may want to insure your shipment against various damages.

The communication methods that can be used in B2B integration form a long list such as AS1, AS2, AS3, AS4, FTP, FTP/S, S/FTP, OFTP, HTTP, MQ and EBICS and similar. Each of them can be suitable for different users with different combinations of security, efficiency and reliability.

  • AS1
  • AS2
  • AS3
  • AS4
  • FTP
  • FTP/S
  • S/FTP
  • OFTP
  • HTTP
  • MQ
  • EBICS
AS1SMTP · email

AS1, for example, was developed based on the SMTP transmission method, which is the email transmission method. AS1 users can send an EDI or XML file via email over the Internet.

AS2HTTP · web

AS2, on the other hand, was developed based on HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). HTTP is the protocol used to transmit website content such as HTML and images between the browser on your computer and the web server hosted in a remote data center. AS2 enables users to take an EDI or XML document and stuff it into a web page format before sending it across the Internet.

Which Transport Protocol Should You Choose?

As with the data format, you may not have a choice. Your customers and business partners will determine which transport method you should use. To achieve this, it will be sufficient that the technology you will use for B2B integration supports the transport methods of your customers and business partners.

Again, the good news is that it will be sufficient to tell us which transport methods you need to use.

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