Transportation Data Communication Committee - The first industry - specific EDI standard

(i)  EDIFACT
(ii) XML
(iii)  ANSI
(iv) ASC X12

(i) When smart hones or other such handheld devices are used to transfer EDI documents it is called as mobile EDI.
(ii) Use: Mobile EDI applications considerably increase the speed of EDI transactions

Every EDI message requires of six uppercase English Alphabets

The exchange of business documents between one trade partner and another electronically is called as Paperless Trade .

Ed Guilbert is called as the father of EDI

The versions of EDIFACT are also called as directories. These EDIFACT directories will be revised twice a year on 1 April and 1st October to include new or update existing EDIFACT messages.
Example: D.18BD for Directory: 18 is the year; A/B is month of release.

There are four major components of EDI. They are
(i) Standard document format
(ii) Translator and Mapper
(iii) Communication software
(iv) Communication network

EDI documents the following are the major EDI types.
(i)  Direct EDI
(ii)  EDI via VAN
(iii)  EDIvia FTP/VPN, SFTP,FTPS
(iv)  Web EDI
(v)  Mobile EDI.

The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the exchange of business documents between one trade partner and another electronically. It is transferred through a dedicated channel or through the Internet in a predefined format without much human intervention.