The national standards, which are used in North America, are controlled by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI is the recognized coordinator and clearinghouse for information on U.S. and, in some cases, Canadian national standards. ANSI also serves as the North American representative to the International Standards Organization. A group within ANSI, known as the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC), has a subcommittee simply referred to as the X12 subcommittee. The X12 subcommittee is responsible for EDI standards. Their purpose is to: - Define business documents
- Specify their data content
- Sequence and format
PHH Arval uses the ANSI ASC X12 standards for all of our EDI documents. EDI standards are published by the Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA), a non-profit corporation that serves as the secretariat for ASC X12. Educational publications and actual EDI standards manuals are available from DISA. | | |
