EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)

Protocols

HTTP/HTTPS

POP3/SMTP

OFTP/OFTP2

SOAP

WebDAV

X.400

FTP/FTPS (FTP over SSL)

SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

EDIINT working group:

  - EDIINT AS1 (extension to mail transport)

  - EDIINT AS2 (based on HTTP transport)

  - EDIINT AS3 (based on FTP transport)

  - EDIINT AS4 (based on WebServices)

Formats

Flt File base

  - UN/EDIFACT : The UN-recommended UN/EDIFACT is the only international standard and is predominant outside of North America.

  - ANSI X.12 : The US standard ANSI ASC X12 (X12) is predominant in North America.

  - TRADACOMS : The TRADACOMS standard developed by the ANA (Article Number Association now known as GS1 (UK) is predominant in the UK retail industry.

  - ODETTE : The ODETTE standard used within the European automotive industry

  - VDA : The VDA standard used within the European automotive industry mainly in Germany

  - GS1 : GS1 EDI set of standards developed the GS1 predominant in global supply chain

  - GS1 EANCOM – Retail

  - EDIBDB – Construction

  - EDIFICE – High Tech Industry

  - EDIFURN – Furniture

  - EDIGAS – Gas

  - EDILEKTRO - Electro

  - EDILIBE – Books

  - EDITEC - Sanitary

  - EDITEX – Fashion

  - EDIFOR/EDITRANS - Transports & Logistics

  - HL7 : a semantic interoperability standard used for healthcare data.

  - CEFIC – Chemical

  - EDIWHEEL - Wheels & Tires

  - ETIS - Telecommunication

  - STAR - Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail

  - SPEC2000 (Airline Industry) (external link)

  - FORTRAS - Transports & Logistics

XML base

  - cXML

  - xCBL

  - OpenTRANS

  - chemXML

  - SAP-XML

  - ebXML

  - RosettaNet (PIP)

  - UBL

Separator formats

  - CSV

Fixed-length formats

  - EURITMO

  - Custom format