Glossary of Terms

ANSI - American National Standards Institute. Coordinator and clearing house for information on US Standards.

ANSI X12 - The ANSI accredited standards committee for inter industry. EDI standards for business transactions.

ASC - Accredited Standards Committee. Established by ANSI in 1979 to develop uniform standards for EDI. These standards are referred to as "X12".

ASN - Advance Ship Notice (856). This transaction set sends information on product to be shipped to the intended receiver.

DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. The secretariat for ASC X12.

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange. An electronic exchange of business documents. Usually between business application systems without human intervention.

EDIFACT - International EDI Standards.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) - a subset of standard generalized markup language (SGML). XML provides a format for representing data, a schema for distinguishing and describing data structures, and a mechanism for extending and annotating HTML.

EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer. An electronic exchange of money, sometimes including supporting information such as remittance advice.

Electronic Commerce - A term used to refer to the collection of electronic tools used in business. It includes EDI, EFT, Mail enabled applications, the Internet and more.

Enveloping - EDI documents are sandwiched between 'envelope' records, containing the sender and receiver identification numbers.

Functional Acknowledgement (997) - A confirmation back to the sending party of a transmission to acknowledge that the transmission was received.

Global Location Number (GLN) - 13 digit number that uniquely identifies each location in a trading partners enterprise. The GLIN will be replacing the DUNS+4.

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 14 digit data structure to uniquely identify trade items (products and services at a consumer unit level). The GTIN will eventually replace the UPC code. Every level of product configuration (consumer selling unit, case, inner pack, pallet, shipper, etc.) require a unique GTIN.

Segment - A small group of information akin to a 'record' in a file.

Trading Partner - Business Partners utilizing ECommerce to electronically trade business documents.

Transaction Set - An EDI document. A Purchase Order (850) is a transaction set.

Translator - Translation software. Translation software is needed to change X12 or other formats of information into a format expected by the business application.

Uniform Code Council (UCC) - Involved with development and maintenance of UCS standards. Assigns UCS identification numbers and UPC codes.

Universal Council Code Network (UCCnet) - a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. and is responsible for providing a universal foundation for Internet electronic commerce. Through its support of global EAN UCC standards, UCCnet delivers an open platform for collaborative commerce services, including compliance verification, synchronization of product information, registry and life cycle management of synchronized products, user locations and user trade capabilities. UCCnet provides implementation methodology, allowing small, medium and large enterprises to integrate ECommerce into their business in a swift and efficient manner.

Uniform Communication Standard (UCS) - EDI standard primarily used in grocery industry. Defines the message format and telecommunications for EDI.

Value Added Network (VAN) - An electronic post office with value added services such as protocol conversion, message distribution, security and audit reporting.

X12 - ANSI standard format for EDI of business transactions

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