unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (09/16/89)
Fido-From : James Waldron Fido-To : Bob Elliot Of 107/565 BE> Dr. Waldron, BE> BE> Is anyone welcome to post news items in this Echo? The reason I ask BE> this is that I work with a group called the North American EDIFACT BE> Board which is the North American (U.S. and Canada) part of a United BE> Nations effort to establish a world wide EDI (Electronic Data BE> Interchange) Message Standard. The effort is based through the United BE> Nations ECE/WP.4/GE1, and we would like to be able to use this area as BE> one further means of distributing information. BE> Yes, by all means, please *do* post items of this nature directly here in UNITEX. WE welcome news items, especially of this nature. UNITEX now reaches several thousand computer sites, some of which are located near United Nations centers in Geneva, Vienna, Paris, Canada, etc. It is very important to distribute the kind of work your group is doing to as many end-users and computer groups as possible. This is the basis for a truly international forum. BE> Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the computer to computer transfer BE> of business information in processable, standard message formats. It BE> is hoped that this will eventually replace paper as a means of business BE> communication, and it already has in many areas of business. The BE> messages that are under development include Purchace Orders, Invoives, BE> Bills of Lading, and Remittance Advice to name a few. The acronym, BE> EDIFACT, stands for Electronic Data Interchange For Administration BE> Commerce and Transport. BE> BE> Please let me know if I may post more information on this U.N. effort BE> here, and I will make arrangements to get it in here. Certainly. Thanks for making inquiry and definitely post information on this topic (EDI and EDIFACT) which is a very important issue. Thanks again for your efforts. Dr. James Waldron Director, UNITEX * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | UNITEX : United Nations patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-