EDI standards
UN/EDIFACT
• Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce,
and Transport is the international set of EDI standards
• Maintenance and further development is the responsibility of
the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic
Business (UN/CEFACT)
ANSI X.12
• To standardize the EDI formatting and exchanges between
companies in order to make the transfers less time consuming, due
to differences in formatting and information presentation
• ASC X12 is moving towards integration with XML formatting