EDI Standards
There are different EDI Standards existing, please find an overview in the following.
| EDI Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| ANSI X12 | In 1979, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) chartered the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 to develop uniform standards for inter-industry electronic exchange of business transactions (Electronic Data Interchange, EDI). ANSI X12 (or just short X12) was originally conceived to support companies across different industry sectors in North America. However actually companies worldwide are using X12 EDI standards in daily business transactions. ASC X12 also contributes to UN/EDIFACT messages that are used widely outside of the United States...More |
| EANCOM | The EANCOM standard was originally conceived in 1987 by the EAN General Assembly and was to be developed on the then emerging international UN/EDIFACT standard. The EANCOM messages, maintained by GS1, are more detailed in nature compared to the TRADACOMS message set. EANCOM was originally developed for the retail sector and has subsequently grown to become the most widely used UN/EDIFACT subset and is now found in a variety of other industry sectors such as healthcare, construction and publishing. |
| EDIFACT | EDIFACT is the acronym for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport. It is the international standard for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), which was developed by the United Nations (UN). The standard was approved as the ISO 9735 standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1987. The EDIFACT standard provides rules on how to structure data and standardize messages for multi-industry and multi-country exchange. EDIFACT is also known as United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT). The work of maintenance and further development of this standard is done through the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) under the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)...More |
| HIPAA | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S congress in 1996. A key component of HIPAA is the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans and employers. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the North American health care system by encouraging the widespread use of EDI in the U.S health care system. The HIPAA EDI transaction sets are based on X12. |
| IDoc | IDoc is not an officially standardized EDI Format, but let's say it is an industry standard. IDoc is the abbreviation for Intermediate Document. It is SAP's standard data structure for electronic data interchange between application programs written for the SAP ERP system or between an SAP application and an external program. IDocs serve as the vehicle for data transfer in SAP’s Application Link Enabling (ALE) system...More |
| ODETTE | The Organization for Data Exchange by Tele Transmission in Europe (ODETTE) is a group that represents the interests of the automotive industry in Europe. They are the equivalent of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) in North America. The organization develops tools and recommendations that improve the flow of goods, services product data and business information across the whole automotive value chain. ODETTE refers to both the European automotive industry body and the EDIFACT EDI standard subset for that industry. |
| RosettaNet | RosettaNet consists of a consortium of major computer, consumer electronics, semi-conductor manufacturers, telecommunications and logistics companies working together to create and implement industry-wide, open e-business process standards. These standards form a common e-business language, aligning processes between supply chain partners on a global basis. The RosettaNet document standard is based on XML and defines message guidelines, business processes interface and implementation frameworks for interactions between companies. Using RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes (PIPs), business partners of all sizes can connect electronically to process transactions and move information within their extended supply chains. Further information about RosettaNet PIP documents can be found here. |
| SWIFT | The Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) was formed in 1973 and is headquartered in Brussels. SWIFT operates a worldwide financial messaging network which exchanges messages between banks and financial institutions. SWIFT also markets software and services to financial institutions, much of it for use on the SWIFTNet Network. SWIFTNet is the infrastructure used to exchange these documents and FIN, InterAct and FileAct are used to encode the SWIFT documents for transmission. The majority of interbank messages use the SWIFT network. As of November 2008, SWIFT linked 8740 financial institutions across 209 countries. The SWIFT document standard is split into four areas, Payments, Trade Services, Securities and Trading. |
| Tradacoms | Tradacoms is an early standard for EDI primarily used in the UK retail sector. It was introduced in 1982 as an implementation of the UN/GTDI syntax, one of the precursors of EDIFACT, and was maintained and extended by the UK Article Numbering Association (ANA, now called GS1 UK). Tradacoms is more or less obsolescent since the development of it effectively ceased in 1995 in favour of the EDIFACT EANCOM subsets. Despite this it has proved durable and the majority of the retail EDI traffic in the UK still uses it today. |
| VDA | VDA (Verband der deutschen Automobilindustrie) is a german EDI data standard based on a flat-file structure. VDA as an organiztion develops standards and best practices to serve the needs of companies within the German automotive industry. The VDA has developed over thirty messages to meet the need of automotive companies. |
| VICS | The Voluntary Inter-industry Commerce Standard (VICS) is used by the general merchandise retail industry across North America. It is a subset of the ANSI ASC X12 national standard. VICS EDI is being utilised by thousands of companies, department and speciality retail stores, mass merchandisers and their respective suppliers. In 1988 GS1 US became the management and administrative body for VICS EDI. GS1 US also manages the ASC X12 derived Uniform Communication Standard (UCS) for the grocery industry and Industrial/Commercial Standard (I/C) for the industrial sector. |