A document type can specify one or more of these actions: ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Format as IS Document Type action, to transform the document into an IS document that can be parsed into an IData object. An IData object is a collection of name/value pairs on which services can operate. An IData object can contain any number of elements of any valid Java objects, including additional IData objects. ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Verify Digital Signature action, to make sure the signed body of the document arrived unchanged and the sender is who it claims to be. Trading Networks checks the sender by matching the certificate from the digital signature to the certificate in the partner’s profile. ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Validate Structure action, to validate the structure of the document against a specified schema. ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Check for Duplicate Document action, to check whether Trading Networks has already received the document. Trading Networks saves the results of the check to the pipeline, so you can use the results in the Save Document to Database pre-processing action (below) to save only unique documents, and in processing rule actions. ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Save Document to Database, to save the document to the Trading Networks database. For example, you save documents to the database when you want to make multiple attempts to deliver documents to partners. ![*](chapterTOC_bullet.png) Indicate whether to use a processing rule to further process the document. You might not want to use a processing rule if you want to simply persist the document to the Trading Networks database, or to process the document using a business process instead of a processing rule. For information about business processes, see
Business Process Definition. |