System, apparatus and method of automatically verifying conformance of documents to standardized specifications

摘要

A system, apparatus and method of automatically verifying that items required in a document conformant to a business-to-business standardized specification are in the document are provided. When the document is being received by a party, it is automatically checked to determine whether it contains at least one standardized specification conformance statement. If so, it is verified that information relating to the statement is conformant to the standardized specification as well as to policies adopted by the party.