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Electronic Data Interchange and Standardization

In: Handbook of e-Tourism

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  • Christian Huemer

    (TU Vienna)

  • Philipp Liegl

    (ecosio GmbH)

  • Marco Zapletal

    (ecosio GmbH)

Abstract

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the application-to-application exchange of business-related data between different organizations based on a structured machine-readable format. In this chapter, we will outline the concepts of EDI and its relevance for tourism. Thereby, we first introduce the UN/EDIFACT standards which were the first ones to be used for EDI. Since this book targets IT in tourism, we next describe the standards of the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) which are most commonly used to realize EDI exchanges in the tourism domain today. In order to realize an EDI partnership between organizations, it is also critical to define how the messages are delivered from the message sender to the message receiver. Since service providers are commonly involved in EDI message exchanges, we will have a closer look on their services and explain how these services facilitate EDI partnerships. In particular, we discuss WebEDI which specifically targets small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Finally, we provide a list of critical issues that have to be met in any EDI project.

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  • Christian Huemer & Philipp Liegl & Marco Zapletal, 2022. "Electronic Data Interchange and Standardization," Springer Books, in: Zheng Xiang & Matthias Fuchs & Ulrike Gretzel & Wolfram Höpken (ed.), Handbook of e-Tourism, chapter 15, pages 343-371, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-48652-5_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48652-5_21
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