EDIFACT
United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) is the international EDI standard developed under the United Nations.
In 1987, following the convergence of the UN and US/ANSI syntax proposals, the UN/EDIFACT Syntax Rules were approved as the ISO standard ISO 9735 by the International Organization for Standardization.
The EDIFACT standard provides:
The work of maintenance and further development of this standard is done through the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) under the UN Economic Commission for Europe, in the Finance Domain working group UN CEFACT TBG5.
Example
See below for an example of an EDIFACT message used to answer to a flight ticket (FRA-JFK-MIA) availability request:
The UNA segment is optional. If present, it specifies the special characters that are to be used to interpret the remainder of the message. There are six characters following UNA in this order:
Podcasts:
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by New Eden
Advocate
by: New Edenwe can all believe in lies and ancient tales or we can choose to Advocate
be the one who makes new paths, reject the ways of yesterday
a primal voice inside will lead you to your fate grasp your immortality
be the one who makes new paths, reject the ways of yesterday
all hail the whisper that tells you that you must fight
within your temple lies the source
take hold the light you are now its advocate
feel the voice inside, it tells you its real and not a dream
stand, stand tall to all, you know the truth, the truth inside
we can all believe in lies and ancient tales or we can choose to Advocate
be the one who makes new paths, reject the ways of yesterday
all hail the whisper that tells you that you must fight
within your temple lies the source