Mohan, I have to side with "A" here.
> I would like to differ on your description of EDI being a *process* and
> not
> a data format structure. Everywhere you look EDI is defined as the
> "Computer to Computer exchange of data in a Standardized Format".
>
Nowhere does it say in your definition what the standardized format has to
be.
> You need the data formats supported within a particular EDI standard to
> carry out the *process* of EDI that you are referring to. The data
> formats
> are the pillars of EDI.
>
What about data formats that are not supported within a particular EDI
standard?
Does that mean that the data exchanged between these two systems are not
EDI?
I put it to you that the format, as long as it's agreed upon by the trading
partners involved, is immaterial.
Except if it's XML. XML will NEVER be EDI. :-{)
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