Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) involves numerous standards, protocols, transaction sets, and technologies.
Below is a categorized list of commonly used EDI abbreviations.
EDI Standards & Frameworks
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
ANSI X12 |
American National Standards Institute X12 |
EDIFACT |
Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce,
and Transport |
VDA |
Verband der Automobilindustrie (German Automotive EDI
Standard) |
TRADACOMS |
Trading Data Communications (UK EDI Standard) |
PEPPOL |
Pan-European Public Procurement Online |
GS1 EDI |
Global Standards 1 for EDI (Retail & Supply Chain) |
RosettaNet |
B2B Standard for High-Tech & Electronics Industries |
ebXML |
Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language |
EDI Communication Protocols
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
AS1 |
Applicability Statement 1 (SMTP-based EDI) |
AS2 |
Applicability Statement 2 (Secure HTTP-based EDI) |
AS3 |
Applicability Statement 3 (FTP-based EDI) |
AS4 |
Applicability Statement 4 (Web Services-based EDI) |
OFTP |
Odette File Transfer Protocol (Automotive Industry) |
OFTP2 |
Secure Version of OFTP (Used in European Automotive) |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
FTPS |
File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTP with SSL/TLS) |
SFTP |
Secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP over SSH) |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS |
Secure HTTP (Used for API & Web-based EDI) |
MQ |
Message Queue (IBM WebSphere MQ) |
VAN |
Value-Added Network (Third-party EDI Network Provider) |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (Email-based EDI) |
X.400 |
ITU-T Standard for Secure Email-based EDI |
EDI Transaction Types (ANSI X12 & EDIFACT)
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
Standard |
850 |
Purchase Order |
X12 |
810 |
Invoice |
X12 |
856 |
Advance Ship Notice (ASN) |
X12 |
997 |
Functional Acknowledgment |
X12 |
846 |
Inventory Inquiry/Advice |
X12 |
855 |
Purchase Order Acknowledgment |
X12 |
820 |
Payment Order/Remittance Advice |
X12 |
ORDERS |
Purchase Order |
EDIFACT |
INVOIC |
Invoice |
EDIFACT |
DESADV |
Dispatch Advice (ASN) |
EDIFACT |
CONTRL |
Functional Acknowledgment |
EDIFACT |
IFTMIN |
Transport Instruction |
EDIFACT |
Web & API-based EDI Technologies
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
REST API |
Representational State Transfer API |
SOAP API |
Simple Object Access Protocol API |
JSON |
JavaScript Object Notation (Modern Data Format) |
XML |
eXtensible Markup Language (Traditional Data Format) |
OAuth2 |
Open Authorization 2.0 (Used for API Security) |
MFT |
Managed File Transfer (Secure File Exchange) |
EDI Implementation & Integration Terms
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
SAP IDoc |
SAP Intermediate Document (SAP’s EDI Format) |
TP |
Trading Partner |
TMS |
Transportation Management System |
WMS |
Warehouse Management System |
P2P |
Procure-to-Pay |
O2C |
Order-to-Cash |
B2B |
Business-to-Business |
B2C |
Business-to-Consumer |
SCM |
Supply Chain Management |
EDI Security & Compliance
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
PGP |
Pretty Good Privacy (Encryption for EDI) |
SSL/TLS |
Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(Healthcare EDI) |
GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
DUNS |
Data Universal Numbering System (EDI Partner
Identification) |
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