We have developed a pull-down, menu-based integrated environment for electronic data interchange according to the UN/EDIFACT standard. The software package runs under the MS-DOS operating system and supports all phases of an interchange, from designing an interchange agreement to the nal transmission of generated EDIFACT messages. This paper describes the solutions that introduce the open-EDI s...

This document explains the rules and procedures for utilizing compression (RFC 3274) within an Internet EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 'AS' message, as defined in RFCs 3335, 4130, and 4823. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other RFC str...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems are used in many domains to support inter-organisational information exchange. These systems require complex message translation, where data must be transformed from one EDI message format into another. We describe a visual language and support environment which greatly simplify the task of the systems integrator by using a domain-specific visual langua...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the exchange of business data using a pre-decided data format. EDI involves data exchange among parties that know each other and make arrangements for a one to one connection. An EDI message contains a string of data elements, each of which represents a singular fact, such as a price, product model number etc. and are separated by delimiters. The entire stri...

For over 25 years, organizations have used Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems to handle business transactions. However, EDI is neither cheap nor simple and is based on private networks. It forces organizations into long-term, tightly coupled trading relationships with their business partners. EDI does not stand for a free exchange of information and transactions. Electronic Business XML ...

Accordingly, the standards are not tied back to the The application-to-application exchange of business data, known as electronic data interchange (EDI), has not fulfilled the expected potential. The focus for the development of EDI standards should be shifted from the interchange file to the information contained within the business process. The use of object oriented techniques to model the s...

Communication processes in the commercial sectors are more and more using the services offered by the telecommunication industry. This is also due for the electronic data interchange (EDI) of business data which represents one of the most recent teleservices. This trend leads to the standardization of the data exchange, where EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and...

There is no doubt that XML is rapidly becoming one of the most important data formats. An example of such data are the electronic business documents round via Internet between the partners of B2B business model. In this article the author will describe his experience from the initiation of electronic data interchange with the XML technology, in one of Polish companies. 1. Aspects of electronic ...

XML, the eXtensible Markup Language, has become the standard for defining data interchange formats in Internet applications. Therefore, it is currently one of the most popular topics in the area of Electronic Commerce. The XML-hype also enters the field of electronic data interchange (EDI). In the past decades EDI standards, like UN/EDIFACT or ANSI X12 have been the dominant ways of interchangi...

This document describes how to exchange structured business data securely using SMTP transport for Electronic Data Interchange, (EDI either the American Standards Committee X12 or UN/EDIFACT, Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport), XML or other data used for business to business data interchange. The data is packaged using standard MIME content-types. Authentica...