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Data Interchange plc
Electronic Data Interchange
Issued:
14 March 2006
Copyright Data Interchange Plc Peterborough, England, September 2005.
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be disclosed to third parties or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Data Interchange Plc.
Table of Contents
Electronic Data Interchange................................................................. 5
What is EDI?........................................................................................................ 5
Urgency Issues ..........................................................................................................................5 Communications ........................................................................................................................6 The Move To Standardised EDI.................................................................................................6
The EDI Model..................................................................................................... 7
VDA Standard ............................................................................................................................8
Syntax Standards ................................................................................................ 9
Service Segments ....................................................................................................................10 Segment Delineation Characters .............................................................................................11 Streams of information .............................................................................................................12
Message Standards ........................................................................................... 12 EDI Codes and
Electronic Data Interchange
Issued:
14 March 2006
Copyright Data Interchange Plc Peterborough, England, September 2005.
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be disclosed to third parties or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Data Interchange Plc.
Table of Contents
Electronic Data Interchange................................................................. 5
What is EDI?........................................................................................................ 5
Urgency Issues ..........................................................................................................................5 Communications ........................................................................................................................6 The Move To Standardised EDI.................................................................................................6
The EDI Model..................................................................................................... 7
VDA Standard ............................................................................................................................8
Syntax Standards ................................................................................................ 9
Service Segments ....................................................................................................................10 Segment Delineation Characters .............................................................................................11 Streams of information .............................................................................................................12
Message Standards ........................................................................................... 12 EDI Codes and