BOD

A Business Object Document (BOD) is an XML document being a generic representation of a business object. A common language used for information integration.Infor has defined a set of standard BODs. At a high level, all BODs have some common characteristics. This standardization makes it easier to understand and use various BODs.

This diagram shows the parts that a BOD contains:

BOD format diagram
Application Area
Application Area communicates information that can be used by the infrastructure to communicate the message.
Data Area
The Data Area carries the business specific payload or data being communicated by the BOD.