Resent-Subject: Re: Exchanging Cross Reference Tables and Reports
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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1992 09:22:09 PDT
Comments:     Resent-From: Richard Hintz <OPSRJH@UCCVMA>
Comments:     Originally-From: Paula Swatman <paula@cs.curtin.edu.au>
From:         Richard Hintz <OPSRJH@UCCVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      I still can't post to edi-l - help!

Note:  the following posting is originally from Paula Swatman.
  Rich
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Dear Joe,

I have some information which you may find helpful on the topic of
communicating with industry-specific trading partners.  The EDI Council
of Australia has created a number of "Industry Working Parties" to (and
I quote from EDICA's Members' Sourcebook):

"ensure that, to the extent possible, the implementation of the standard
be consistent so as to enable easy document exchange between trading
partners within a given industry as well as those trading on a cross-industry
basis.  To this goal, the Council has established industry working parties
at the request of users within defined industry segments, to:-
-	represent the industry in all matters relating tothe information
	transmission needs of the industry
-	identify how these information needs may be represented in the data
	standard
-	communicate this information to the industry at large
-	define and assist in the publication of industry implementation
	guidelines for use by the industry
-	prepare and forward document standard change requests to EDICA
	so that they be passed to the relevant standards body
-	encourage and prepare for industry progression to a single,
	world-wide document standard
-	liaise with other industry groups as required
-	assess other industry group guidelines as they become available
	with a view to considerin their impact on cross industry trading."

These industry groups (currently comprising agribusiness, banking, chemical,
communications, construction, government, hardware, heavy engineering, life
insurance, local government, medical, pharmaceutical, retail, steel, travel
tourism & leisure, transport and wholesale/distributrion) are working to
develop industry implementation guidelines - at least some of which are
already well on the way to completion.  At present the ASC X12 guidelines
are complete, while the EDIFACT guidelines are still under development.

For further information, contact the EDI Council of Australia, P.O. Box 521,
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 3122.  Fax +619 818 3129.  Tel +619 819 6860.
I hope you find this information useful - there is a great deal of detailed
information available from EDICA...

>        I have questions in two general areas that I hope readers of the
> list can help me with.  Since implementing X12 nearly three years ago (we
> are currently exchanging nine different transaction sets with a variety of
> trading partners), we have regularly encountered a need to exchange
> reference numbers in machine readable form with trading partners.

> Is anyone currently exchanging cross reference tables in an X12
> transaction set?  Is anyone aware of any standards development work (either
> X12 or EDIFACT) in this area?

See comments above...

>         Another question I have is whether anyone has implemented (or can
> suggest) a transaction set to use to exchange information in structured
> analytical reports.  We have looked at both the X12 863 (Report of Test
> Results) and X12 864 (Text Message) but do not find them suitable.  Is
> there any work in X12 or EDIFACT that anyone knows of that might help here?

Yes, BHP Australia is working in this area.  Once again, contact EDICA for
details on this project.  I gather that a considerable amount of work has
already been put into this particular initiative - you may be able to
save yourself a lot of trouble...

Good hunting,

Paula Swatman.


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Paula Swatman                                INTERNET: paula@cs.curtin.edu.au
Department of Computer Science
Curtin University of Technology
G.P.O. Box U1987                                  Tel: (619) 351 3133
Perth, Western Australia, 6001                    Fax: (619) 351 2819
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