The table below highlights the difference between the EDI X12 standard and
EDIFACT standard.
|
Topic
|
ANSI X12
|
UN/EDIFACT
|
|
Application
|
-
Mostly used in North America
|
-
Mostly used in Europe and Asia
|
|
Terminologies
Equivalence |
- Transaction Sets
|
-
Messages
|
|
- Loops
|
- Groups
|
|
- Terminators
|
- Separators
|
|
Interchange
Header/Trailer Segments
|
- ISA/IEA
|
-
UNB/UNZ
|
|
Group
Header/Trailer Segments
|
- GS/GE
|
-
UNG/UNE (optional)
|
|
Transaction
Set, (Message)
Header/Trailer
Segments
|
- ST/SE
|
-
UNH/UNT
|
|
Separators
Specification Segment
|
- None
|
-
UNA
(optional)
|
|
Commonly
used Terminators, (Separators)
|
Segment
|
~
|
'
|
|
Element
|
*
|
+
|
|
Composite
|
>
|
:
|
|
Release
Indicator
|
- Not
supported
|
-
Supported
|
|
Composite
Elements
|
- Rarely used
|
- Commonly Used |
|
Acknowledgment
|
- TA1 and 997
|
-
CONTRL
|
|
Binary
support
|
- BIN, BDS segments
|
- ISO 9735-8 - Associated data in
EDI
|
|
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Security
|
- ASC X12.58 - Security Structures
|
- ISO 9735-5 - Security rules for batch EDI (authenticity,
integrity and non-repudiation of origin)
- ISO 9735-6 - Secure authentication and acknowledgement message
(message type - AUTACK)
- ISO 9735-7 - Security rules for batch EDI (confidentiality)
- ISO 9735-9 - Security key and certificate management message
(message type - KEYMAN)
|
