EDI Standards

EDI Standards

The standard is the most critical part of the entire EDI. Since EDI is the data transmission and information exchange in the form of an agreed message format, it is important to develop a unified EDI standard. The EDI standard is mainly divided into the following aspects: basic standards, code standards, message standards, document standards, management standards, application standards, communication standards and security standards.

The first industry -specific EDI standard was the TDCC published by the Transportation Data coordinating Committee in 1975. Then other industries started developing unique standards based on their individual needs. E.g. WINS in the warehousing industry.

After the development of the two major regional EDI standards and a few years after trial, the two standards began to integrate and conduct research and development of common EDI standards. Subsequently, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE/WP.4) hosted the task of the development of international EDI standards. In 1986, UN/EDIFACT is officially proposed. The most widely used EDI message standards are the United Nations EDIFACT and the ANSI X12.