David,
Let's not confuse GC with NRR archiving requirements.
From an RM perspective, the MSH must be able to perform GC
or it cannot be expected to perform with any degree of
efficiency.
Cheers,
Chris
David Fischer wrote:
>
> We have discussed this in the past and I have asserted that garbage collection
> would actually never happen at the To Party (unless it was some sort of IM such
> as a Mailroom). For legal reasons, garbage collection of business documents
> cannot occur until after 7 years (garbage collection is not in the spec is it?).
> Instead of garbage collection, the To Party might occasionally Archive, which
> almost amounts to the same thing. Even this would be infrequent.
>
> I suppose such a restriction would have something to do with either
> PersistDuration, TimeToLive or n*Retries*RetryInterval. Or maybe this is
> something new which should go in the CPA? I would lean toward PersistDuration
> but I am not sure we have a definitive understanding of what this should be.
> OTOH, this question might be out of scope.
>
> Ralph works for an EDI software company, how often is archiving typically done?
> Is it done?
>
> Regards,
>
> David Fischer
> Drummond Group.
>
>
