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Bridge
Definition: " Bridge is an application that contains 2 or more Messaging Adapters: it provides message protocol translation (i.e. relaying) and/or message routing capabilities. The primary purpose of HL7 Bridges is to provide transports protocol translation management (i.e. relaying) in heterogeneous healthcare communication environments. An example would be the relaying of messages from Web Services to ebXML transport and vice versa."