kari@xanadu.COM (Kari Dubbelman) (06/27/89)
Two years ago I read about a new protocol for "ordering products
through E-Mail". I think it was named X.12 or X.100 or somesuch. At
the time I did not pay much attention since it was out of my field...
Sure enough, today I would need the info.
The protocol is in the same vein as X.400 mail protocol and specifies
a format for messages that are bona fide orders for products
(computers, airplanes, groceries). The protocol specifies things like
how to specify where to ship the order, whom to bill, what is the
definition of a line item, etc. Questions:
1. What was it called, X.???, and what is its status (a standard?)
2. Are there any working documents for this standard available?
3. Is anyone out there using this today?
4. I heard a rumor that some large government organization (Possibly
DOD) wants all their suppliers to use it by a certain date, like
1992 or so. Would anybody care to comment on this?
Kari Dubbelmansharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) (06/30/89)
You're talking, I think, about X.12, also known as electronic data
interchange or EDI. However, I don't have any information on where
you can get more information about it.
--
"Why should I let a loathsome little toad like you touch my breast
when you haven't even read my books!"
"Starstruck," by Elaine Leegoldstein@delni.dec.com (07/07/89)
In article <2702@asylum.SF.CA.US>, sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) writes... >You're talking, I think, about X.12, also known as electronic data >interchange or EDI. However, I don't have any information on where >you can get more information about it. To correct the spelling, it's X12, the top-level ANSI committee designation on Electronic Data Interchange. (X3 is the corresponding one on information processing.) Hence standards which they release will be X12.foo, just as X3 put out X3.64, etc. Not to be confused with CCITT letter.number standards, like X.25, X.400, etc. ANSI is letternumberdotnumber, while CCITT is letterdotnumber.