Overview
Adapter for SAP uses the BizTalk XML envelope as the transport envelope for the transmission of XML business documents. The BizTalk envelope is implemented on Adapter for SAP in accordance with the BizTalk Framework 1.0a Independent Document Specification of January, 7th 2000.
As BizTalk specifications are open to implementation specific interpretations of some of the provided XML elements, this chapter describes how Adapter for SAP copes with BizTalk envelope tags that are not specified clearly enough. BizTalk strongly differentiates between a transport header and an application specific body, which results in the following overall structure of the BizTalk envelope:
<biztalk_1 xmlns="urn:schemas-biztalk-org:BizTalk/biztalk-1.0.xml">
<header>
<!-- Header and processing information is contained here -->
</header>
<body>
<!-- Business transaction information is contained here -->
</body>
</biztalk_1>
The BizTalk document header information is contained within the <header> element. This header contains information used for handling and processing the document. The business document passed in the message is contained within the <body> element. For more details concerning the standard BizTalk envelope refer to the BizTalk Framework 1.0a Independent Document Specification.