Electronic Data Exchange Model Agreement - Technical Annex

Electronic Data Exchange

Model Agreement
Technical Annex

This document is based on the Commission Recommendation EDI 94 820 EC dated October
19th 1994 relating to the legal aspects of electronic data interchange.

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Original Document
20/02/2007 F.Leger, IATA
Modification of the name of the document as decided by 19/01/2009 JC Rossand, IATA
the Fuel Data Standards Work Group in Nov. 08.
The motivation for the renaming was to make clear that
this agreement is applicable for any electronic transfer,
from computer to computer, of commercial and
administrative data using an agreed standard, and
hence is not limited to the exchange of invoices where
the authenticity of origin and integrity of content is
guaranteed by means of EDI as defined in the EU
directive 2001/EC/115. Furthermore, it can be used
when the exchanged file has an XML format.

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Electronic Data Exchange Model Agreement - Technical Annex

CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................................3

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................................3

STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................................3

PROCESSING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EDI MESSAGES.........................................................3

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Electronic Data Exchange Model Agreement - Technical Annex

1 Introduction
Basic principles and rules regarding the technical specifications are provided in the EDI Agreement
to ensure appropriate agreement and reference to them.
The Technical Annex is the complement to the legal provisions in which the parties will have to
determine all the technical requirements and specifications that are required in order to properly
exchange EDI messages.
Although it is not easy to provide a list of all the elements which need to be taken into account, as
these will vary according to the needs of the parties, it can be emphasized that at least the relevant
specifications with regard to the following points need to be provided:

2 Operational requirements
- The specifications required in relation to software and translation software for the purpose of EDI
exchanges
- Communication protocols and third party services

3 Standards and recommendations

- The standard used
- The messages design guidelines
- The implementation guidelines
- The directories
- The code lists
- The reference to the documentation
- The versions and updates

4 Processing and acknowledgement of EDI messages

- The specifications relating to security means for EDI messages (including failures of security)
- The specifications relating to processing EDI messages
- The specifications relating to the acknowledgement of EDI messages
- The specifications relating to recording and storage
- The time limits
- The tests and trial procedures
- Recovery procedure

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