The exchange can happen between computers resp. applications from different business-partners using opened electronic communication modes.
Idealic
EDI allows the automatic processing of the business correspondence in the
consignees softwaresytem without manual interference.
Warrenting this kind of data exchange by using standardized formats for
the data. The definition of the illustration of the informations were determine
by the United Nations under designating UN/EDIFACT(*).
This EDI default is independet of branches and acknowleged worldwide. The offical registration happend 1987 through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). It is first of all used in Europe at the moment and get increasing more importance on other continents.
*) UN/EDIFACT : United Nations / Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce & Transport
