EDIFACT

[Former Member]

What is EDIFACT and X.12?

[Former Member]

HI,

Please see the below links..

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00415e14-0b01-0010-10a5-97e2cebb...

/people/lionel.biennier/blog/2006/07/21/sap-xi-supports-edi-x12

Regards

Chilla..

[Former Member]

Try this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X12_EDIFACT_Mapping

[prabhu_s2]

Both are std's followed in edi environment for message/data processing.

<b>The EDIFACT standard:</b>

Provides a set of syntax rules to structure data.

Provides an interactive exchange protocol (I-EDI)

Provides standard messages (allows multi-country and multi-industry exchange)

<b>X12 Standards</b>The X12 standards provide structure for the electronic representation of business documents commonly exchanged between companies. Examples of such documents are Purchase Orders, Invoices, Shipment Notices, and Health Care Claims

[Shabarish_Nair]

EDIFACT and X12 are both standard in EDI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Interchange)

More details:

EDIFACT - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDIFACT

X.12 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X12