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    Issues: Electronic Data Interchange Standards

    By Joan O. Pupik


    Web sites for more information on EDI

    • DISA: Home page for the EDI Standards Secretariat
    • Premenos: The Electronic Commerce Resource
    • Traderights: Home page for EDI consulting services provider
    • EDI Primer: Basic definitions and example
    • Understanding EDI: Explains benefits of EDI
    • Security: Software vendor
    • EDI: Comprehensive EDI information.
    • X12: list of EDI messages
    • UN/EDIFACT: Standards Index

    References used in the preparation of this paper

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    • Berge, John, "The EDIFACT Standards," NCC Blackwell, Ltd, 1991.
    • Cargill, Carl F., "Open System Standardization: A Business Approach," Prentice-Hall, Inc.: Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.
    • Hudak, Ronald, "Banks Need Prodding for Financial EDI Capability," Electronic Commerce News, Jan. 20, 1997.
    • Libicki, Martin C., "Standards: The Rough Road to the Common Byte," in Kahin, Brian and Abbate,Janet,eds.,"Standards Policy for Information Infrastructure," The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995.
    • Libicki, Martin C., "Information Technology Standards," Digital Press, Boston, MA, 1995.
    • Moeller, Michael and Kerstetter, Jim, "Encrytion Technology SET for Final Testing," PC Week, Jan. 6, 1997, Volume 14, Number 1, p.1.
    • Moeller, Michael, "RSA Conference to Bring Encryption into Spotlight," PC Week, Jan. 6, 1997, Volume 14, Number 1, p.14.
    • Moeller, Michael (PC Week Staff), "Next Step for Intranets: Widespread Deployment," PC Week, January 6, 1997, p.33.
    • Spring, Michael B., "Reference Model for Data Interchange Standards," Computer, August 1996, pp.87-88.


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