A B2B document is a mandatory object required by an agreement that specifies a data format and some additional configuration pertaining to the data format. A data format is specified using the following properties.

• Document standard: The X12, X12 HIPPA, EDIFACT EDI, RosettaNet, OAG, fixed length, and custom standards are currently supported.
• Document version: A version as defined by the standards body.
• Document type: A type as defined by the standards body.
• Document schema: A standard or customized variant defined in a B2B schema object. Standard means the pristine schema defined in the data dictionary published by the standards body.

Additional configuration enables one or more business identifiers for the B2B runtime to be extracted and displayed in the Track B2B messages page for standalone environments and the Observe tab for projects.

Additional details about B2B documents and B2B schemas are provided. See B2B Documents and schemas.

Additional details about agreements are provided. See Create Agreements.