EDI over Internet


o BOF-almost-working-group

   - Foot-in-door for electronic commerce using Internet

o  Initial focus strictly on carriage of existing EDI objects over Internet
   email

    - Not meant to exclude other types of carriage (over Internet or otherwise)

    - Use as much existing mechanism as possible

o Group work

   - Specification of EDI-in-Mime

   - Description of EDI/Mime usage in the Internet

o Deferred

   - Mime detailed EDI attributes list, for additional routing

   - ... 


EDI-in-Mime


o Application/EDI-X12

   - From set of ANSI X12 specifications

   - X12 framing using interchage sequence

o Application/EDIFACT

   - From set of UN EDIFACT specifications

   - EDIFACT framing using interchage sequence

o Application/EDI-other

   - Any other EDI syntax/semantics, strictly specified according to
     bilateral trading partner agreements



EDI usage of the Internet


o EDI is a well-established culture and operation

   - Use of Internet needs to fit within expectations and practises

   - Internet not well understood by EDI community

o Document to provide detail of usage issues

   - Addressing

   - Security

   - Reliability/timeliness

   - Legalities

o Reasonable usage scenarios

   - Encryption

   - Configuration