EDI X12 vs UN/EDIFACT
The table below highlights the difference between the EDI X12 standard and EDIFACT standard.
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Topic |
ANSI X12 |
UN/EDIFACT |
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Application |
- Mostly used in North America |
- Mostly used in Europe and Asia |
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Terminologies Equivalence |
- Transaction Sets |
- Messages |
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| - Loops | - Groups | ||
| - Terminators | - Separators | ||
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Interchange |
- ISA/IEA |
- UNB/UNZ |
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Group |
- GS/GE |
- UNG/UNE (optional) |
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Transaction Set, (Message) Header/Trailer Segments |
- ST/SE |
- UNH/UNT |
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Separators Specification Segment |
- None |
- UNA (optional) |
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Commonly used Terminators, (Separators) |
Segment | ~ |
' |
| Element | * | + | |
| Composite | > | : | |
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Release Indicator |
- Not supported |
- Supported |
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| Composite Elements | - Rarely used | - Commonly Used | |
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Acknowledgment |
- TA1 and 997 |
- CONTRL |
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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)
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� UN/EDIFACT Security rules are not currently supported in Framework EDI
Below is a diagram of the control segments of an ASC X12 format
Below is a diagram of the control segments of a UN/EDIFACT format
