UNIDOC is an
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...
-based standard to support
electronic data interchange
Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the concept of businesses electronically communicating information that was traditionally communicated on paper, such as purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoices. Technical standards for EDI exist to ...
(EDI) in business transactions between
trading companies. Unlike other XML-based EDI formats, such as
UBL,
ebXML,
RosettaNet or , UNIDOC relies one a single structure ("all in one"). The first idea of such a universal format was published in 2014, its first specification in 2016 in the journal of the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Swabia (Bavaria, Germany). The current specification can be found in the UNIDOC
XML Schema Definition.
UNIDOC message types
Electronic business documents are called message types within UNIDOC files. The respective message type ("document type")
is specified in the header. The names of the message types are based on the six-digit "qualifier" known from the
EDIFACT
United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) is an international standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) developed for the United Nations and approved and published by UNECE, the UN Econ ...
standard.
In version 2.0 fifteen different message types are defined:
* CORINV = correction invoice
* DELFOR = delivery forecast
* DESADV = despatch advice
* IFCSUM = /forwarding and consolidation summary
* IFTMIN = transport order
* INVOIC = invoice and credit note
* INVRPT = inventory report
* ORDCHG = order change
* ORDERS = purchase order
* ORDRSP = order response
* OSTRPT = order state report
* PRICAT = price list and catalogue
* RECADV = receipt advice
* REMADV = remittance advice
* SLSRPT = sales report
History
The UNIDOC standard was developed in 2016 on the initiative of EDICENTER, which is a member of the European EDI Network (EEDIN). This European EDI Network is establishing a pan-European EDI infrastructure based on "every-to-every-interconnect". The exchange format between the providers is UNIDOC.
UNIDOC has already been implemented as a standard interface by several ERP system providers, e.g. Comporsys, Hirschmann or Line Software.
See also
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Electronic data interchange
Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the concept of businesses electronically communicating information that was traditionally communicated on paper, such as purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoices. Technical standards for EDI exist to ...
*
EDIFACT
United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) is an international standard for electronic data interchange (EDI) developed for the United Nations and approved and published by UNECE, the UN Econ ...
References
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External links
UNECESchema file
Data interchange standards