ISO/IEC 10021-8:1999

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 10021-8
Second edition
1999-12-15
Information technology — Message
Handling Systems (MHS) —
Part 8:
Electronic Data Interchange Messaging
Service
Technologies de l’information — Systèmes de messagerie (MHS) —
Partie 8: Service de messagerie avec échange de données informatisé
Reference number
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ISO/IEC 1999
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ISO/IEC 10021-8 : 1999 (E)
Contents Page
Foreword.v
Introduction.vi
1 Scope .1
2 Normative references.1
3 Definitions .2
3.1 Terms defined in this part of ISO/IEC 10021 .2
3.1.1 EDI forwarding .2
3.1.2 EDI message.2
3.1.3 EDI messaging user.2
3.1.4 EDI notification.2
3.1.5 EDI message responsibility .2
3.2 Terms imported from ISO 9735.2
3.3 Terms imported from ANSI X12 .3
4 Abbreviations.3
5 Conventions.4
6 EDI messaging service .4
6.1 Introduction.4
6.2 EDI messaging .4
6.3 EDI messaging environment .5
6.4 EDI messaging user.5
7 EDI messaging system.5
7.1 Introduction.5
7.1.1 EDI user agents .6
7.1.2 EDI message store.6
7.1.3 Message transfer system.6
7.1.4 EDI access units .6
7.2 Information flow in the EDIMS.6
7.3 EDI messaging service functional model.7
7.4 Structure of EDI messages .7
7.5 EDI notification.9
8 EDIM responsibility and forwarding.10
8.1 Introduction.10
8.2 Forwarding and secondary distribution.10
8.3 Case 1: No forwarding .10
8.4 Case 2: Content not changed and EDIM responsibility forwarded .11
8.5 Case 3: EDIM responsibility not forwarded.13
9 EDI naming, addressing and use of directory.15
10 EDI security.15
11 Intercommunication with physical delivery services.16
11.1 Introduction.16
11.2 Delivery and notifications .16
11.3 Transfer of EDIM responsibility.16
11.4 Physical rendition.17
12 Use of message store for EDI .18
13 Elements of service.18
14 Classification of elements of service .18
14.1 Basic EDI messaging service .18
14.2 EDI messaging service optional user facilities.19
15 Quality of service.21
15.1 EDI message status .21
15.2 Support by providers of EDI service.22
15.3 Model of delivery and notification times .22
15.4 EDI message delivery time targets.23
15.5 EDI notification time targets.23
15.6 Error protection.23
15.7 Availability of service.23
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ISO/IEC 10021-8: 1999 (E)
Annexes
A – Glossary of terms.24
B – Definitions of elements of service .27
C – Security overview.32
D – EDI naming, addressing, and use of directory.39
E – Cross referencing overview .43
Tables
1 – Case 1: No forwarding .11
2 – Case 2: EDIM responsibility forwarded.13
3 – Case 3: EDIM responsibility not forwarded.15
4 – Provision and use of secure messaging elements of service by MHS components.16
5 – Elements of service belonging to the basic EDI messaging service.18
6 – EDI messaging optional user facilities selectable on a per-message basis.19
7 – EDI messaging service optional user facilities agreed for a contractual period of time.21
8 – EDIN time targets.23
Figures
1 – EDI messaging environment .5
2 – EDI messaging system .6
3 – Information flow in EDI messaging system.7
4 – EDI messaging service functional mode .8
5 – EDI message structure.8
6 – EDI message structure for a typical EDI transaction.9
7 – Case 1: No forwarding .11
8 – Case 2: EDIM responsibility forwarded.12
9 – Case 3: EDIM responsibility not forwarded, Part 1 .14
10 – Case 3: EDIM responsibility not forwarded, Part 2 .14
11 – M/PD delivery and notification times model .17
12 – Notification time model.22
C-1 – EDIM Responsibility transfer.36
D-1 – DIT structure for EDI requirements .40
D-2 – An aliasing example.41
D-3 – A country oriented aliasing example.42
E-1 – Cross referencing in EDI messaging .43
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ISO/IEC 10021-8 : 1999 (E)
Foreword
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