3. “ electronic exchange of structured business documents between computers of different organization ” Introduction to Information Systems James O’Brien & Georges Marakas McGraw-Hill 2007
7. Document standard Define the structure of the exchanged business document Communication standard Define a network (which is what the message “goes through”) and a communication protocol (which defines how the message should go through the network )
10. Structured language Established by the UN Predefined message format Format based on data element and segment Transmitted in binary format UN EDIFACT
11. Structured language Established by the ANSI Predefined message format Format based on data element and segment Transmitted in binary format ANSI ASC X12
13. VS VS High broadband utilization due to plain text format Limited Adoption for EDI High XML Low broadband utilization due to binary format Geographically limited adoption (US industries) Low ANSI ASC X12 Low broadband utilization due to binary format Large adoption world wide Low EDIFACT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ADOPTION FLEXIBILITY STANDARD UN EDIFACT ANSI ASC X12