EDIFACT

The EDIFACT standard (EDI For Administration Commerce and Transport) is the only EDI standard that is truly accepted world-wide. EDIFACT provides standard formats for business documents and incorporates features that meet international requirements.

Whilst EDIFACT messages are designed for business data transactions, they are complex in their structure। It is accepted that national/industry conventions will determine which parts of the total message requirements to use. As a result, the message will be reduced down to size to only contain the information required by that industry. Some different subsets of the EDIFACT format are listed below:

Subset Name/Acronym	Industry/Organisation	Comments
AMEDIS	Gaming machine messages
CEFIC	The chemical industry
EAN International	Retail
EANCOM	International Article Numbering Association (EAN International)	EANCOM is a standard that is available to all, but adds the use of EAN standard, unique identification numbers to the core EDIFACT messages.
EDIBUILD	The construction industry
EDICON	The construction industry
EDIFACT	HM Customs and Excise	HM Customs and Excise use EDIFACT segments etc., with their own unique message definitions.
EDIFACT	Inland Revenue	Inland Revenue use EDIFACT segments etc., with their own unique message definitions.
EDIFICAS	Legal and accountancy
EDIFICE	The computing, electronics and telecommunications industry
EDIPAP	The paper industry
EDITEX	The textile industry
EDIWHITE	The white goods industry (appliances)
EMEDI	European Medical EDI Association
ETIS	Telecommunications
Eurostat	Statistics	The EDI message development group within Eurostat generate an EDIFACT subset for integrating EDI into the process of collecting and circulating statistical information.
IATA	International Air Transport Association EDI Standards	A series of UN/EDIFACT based EDI messages covering both cargo (CARGO-FACT) and passenger, published as the IATA EDIFACT Database
SPEC 2000M	Association Europeenne des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial	Interchange of messages between organisations in the European aerospace and defence industries.
SWIFT	Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications EDI Standards	A set of standard messages for international payments, statements, and other transactions related to international finance between banks. They also support UN/EDIFACT messages, but this is not strictly based on them.
UIC 912	Union Internationale de Chemins de Fer 912 Protocol	A set of standard messages for international exchange of information between railways. They are also supporting the use of UN/EDIFACT messages with the EDIFER subset.
UNICORN	Travel Technology Initiative	EDI messages for electronic booking in travel, tourism and leisure.