Electronic Data Interchange (edi)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 2000-06-05

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Dave Crocker  <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>

 Applications Area Director(s):
     Ned Freed  <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
     Patrik Faltstrom  <paf@cisco.com>

 Applications Area Advisor:
     Ned Freed  <ned.freed@mrochek.com>

 Technical Advisor(s):
     John Klensin  <klensin@jck.com>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:ietf-edi@byu.edu
     To Subscribe:      listserv@byu.edu
         In Body:       sub ietf-edi <yourname>
     Archive:           ftp://ftp.sterling.com/edi/lists/ietf-edi

Description of Working Group:

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a set of protocols for conducting
highly structured inter-organization exchanges, such as for making
purchases.  The working group will produce specifications for the use
of EDI standards over the Internet, with an initial focus on the
transport of EDI via Internet e-mail.  The EDI community is large,
diverse and well-established.  This working group effort is explicitly
NOT intending to specify or modify any of the details of EDI protocols
themselves.  Instead, it will focus on the requirements for proper
carriage of EDI over the Internet, attending only to issues of
encapsulation, addressing, security and the like.
 
Initial efforts by the working group will focus on two deliverables:
specification for the carriage of various EDI content via MIME-based
e-mail, and a discussion document, considering issues in the use of
EDI over the Internet.  The usage document will cover such issues as
addressing and security.

 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Submit specification for carriage of various EDI 
                ``interchange'' transactions via MIME-based e-mail as an 
                Internet-Draft. 

   Done         Submit ``specification for carriage...'' document (EDI 
                transport) to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed 
                Standard. 

   JUL 94       Complete outline for usage document and include it in the 
                minutes from the Toronto IETF. 

   AUG 94       Submit first the draft of the usage document as an 
                Internet-Draft. 

   OCT 94       Submit the finalized usage document for publication as an 
                RFC. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC1767 PS   MAR 95    MIME Encapsulation of EDI Objects 

RFC1865 I    JAN 96    EDI Meets the Internet: Frequently Asked Questions 
                       about Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) on the 
                       Internet