18. The computer program product of claim 14 , where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to configure, using the configured EDI reception processing sequence definition and the encoded hierarchical EDI reception processing rule sequence, a complementary EDI transmission processing sequence definition that encodes a hierarchical EDI transmission processing rule sequence usable to create encoded hierarchical envelopes that package outgoing data as part of an outgoing EDI instance document.
14. A computer program product, comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, where the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se and where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to: determine, in response to reception of an electronic data interchange (EDI) instance document, that a hierarchical EDI reception processing rule sequence, useable to partition encoded hierarchical envelopes of the EDI instance document and to invoke processing of payload data packaged within the encoded hierarchical envelopes, has not been configured; determine, by analysis of content of the EDI instance document, an EDI standard and syntax formatting of the encoded hierarchical envelopes that package the payload data within the EDI instance document; and configure an EDI reception processing sequence definition that encodes the hierarchical EDI reception processing rule sequence usable to partition the encoded hierarchical envelopes of the EDI instance document and to invoke the processing of the payload data packaged within the encoded hierarchical envelopes.