RosettaNet is a non-profit
consortium aimed at establishing
standard processes for the sharing of
business information
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(
B2B). RosettaNet is a consortium of major Computer and Consumer Electronics, Electronic Components, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Logistics companies working to create and implement industry-wide, open e-business process standards. These standards form a common e-business language, aligning processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.
RosettaNet is a subsidiary of
GS1 US, formerly the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC). It was formed mainly through the efforts of
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Given name
* Fadi Abboud (born 1955), Lebanese businessman and politician
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its first CEO. RosettaNet's 500 members come from companies around the world. The consortium has a presence in USA, Malaysia, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Thailand and Australia.
RosettaNet has several local user groups. The European User Group is called EDIFICE.
The RosettaNet Standards website shut down by the end of 2013 and RosettaNet Standards is now managed as part of GS1 US website.
The RosettaNet standard
The RosettaNet standard defines both e-commerce document and exchange protocols, as part of the
Electronic data interchange (EDI).
The RosettaNet standard is based on
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. ...
and defines message guidelines, interfaces for business processes, and implementation frameworks for interactions between companies. Mostly addressed is the
supply chain
In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, activ ...
area, but also manufacturing, product and material data and service processes are in scope.
The standard is widely spread in the global semiconductor industry, but also in electronic components, consumer electronics, telecommunication and logistics. RosettaNet originated in the USA and is widely used there, but it is also well accepted and even supported by governments in Asia. Due to the widespread use of
EDIFACT in Europe, RosettaNet is used less, but it is growing.
The RosettaNet Automated Enablement standard (RAE) uses the
Office Open XML document standard.
The RosettaNet Technical Dictionary (RNTD) is the reference model for the classification and characterization of the products in the supply chains that use RosettaNet for their interactions.
Industrial products and services categorization standards
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eCl@ss
ECLASS (formerly styled as eCl@ss) is a classification system for products and services. It is maintained by industry consortium ECLASS e.V. association.
Use
ECLASS supports the digital exchange of product descriptions and service descriptions ...
*
ETIM
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UNSPSC
*
eOTD
*
SWIFT
* RosettaNet
See also
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Electronic Data Interchange
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ebXML
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Office Open XML software
Notes
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External links
RosettaNet Website maintained by GS1 USOriginal RosettaNet Website (Archived December 2013)Introductory article on RosettaNetEDIFICE - European RosettaNet User Group
GS1
Business-to-business
Trade and industrial classification systems