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BizTalk specific information is specified in the Dictionary page. In the example above, the Document Type, Source Type, Source Value, Destination Type and Destination Value are defined inside the actual document (the node path specifies the node that contains the value through a pattern).

All of this information is handled under the BizTalk namespace. You can add your own namespaces to add information specific to your document format. Simply click the “Namespace” page to do so.

BizTalk Document Definitions can be stores as regular files on your hard drive, or in a WebDAV repository.We will examine WebDAV in detail in a moment.

Note that the BizTalk Document Editor can handle other formats besides XML. To switch to a different format, click on the main document node, select the “Reference” page and change the setting for “Standard”.

Document Maps

Document Maps define how one document type is to be converted into another. Maps are created using the BizTalk Mapper. To create a new Map, select File/ New from the menu, select the source Document Definition and the destination Document Definition. This opens both document formats and displays the as follows:

You can now start mapping documents field by field using simple drag & drop operations. In the example above, we can (for instance) map the “invoicenumber” field from the source to the “BidNumber” field in the destination. The Map is complete once all the fields in the destination receive a value from the source.

Here is our completed map:

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