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UN/EDIFACT is the international EDI standard developed under the United Nations. The acronym stands for United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce, and Transport. The work of maintenance and further development of this standard is done through UN/CEFACT, the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business under the UN Economic Commission for Europe. EDIFACT has been adopted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the ISO 9735 :
- 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)
Two main organisations deal with EDIFACT:
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United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange - United Nations EDI directories for administration, commerce and transport.
XML-Edifact - Offers an open path for migration between XML and UN/EDIFACT.
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