[ebxml-dev] Is this an MSH?

["Arthur R. Sombrito" <artsom@pacific.net.ph>]

Hi,

 

I am not clear about what an MSH is.  The Message Service Spec doc

lists down the functions provided by the MSH, namely, header processing,

header parsing, message packaging, transport binding, etc.   Supposing

I have a front-end that envelopes/de-envelopes a message in an ebXML

Message Package and connects to a message provider that does the actual

routing to the receiving party's MSH; is my front-end considered an MSH node?

 

And supposing the recipient party connects and retrieves the ebXML-packaged

messages from the same message provider and uses another instance of

the same front-end app; how many MSH nodes are there?

 

Is it 1?

 

Party A  ----------> shared MSH of both parties ----------> Party B

 

 

Is it 2?

 

Party A ----------> MSH of Party A / MSH of Party B----------> Party B

 

 

Is it 4?

 

Party A / MSH at client side ----------> MSH of Party A at server side / MSH of Party B at server side ----------> MSH at client side / Party B

 

 

Is it 3?

 

Party A / MSH at client side ----------> shared MSH of both parties ----------> MSH at client side / Party B

 

 

Tnx for any help.

 

Regards,

 

art sombrito