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Harmonization. UN/CEFACT Lunch & Learn March 13, 2006 Daniel I. Kazzaz Chair, Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 CEO, Rapid Data Interchange (RDI). Harmonization. About ASC X12. Offers a neutral environment for cross-industry standards collaboration & harmonization
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Harmonization UN/CEFACT Lunch & Learn March 13, 2006 Daniel I. Kazzaz Chair, Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 CEO, Rapid Data Interchange (RDI)
About ASC X12 • Offers a neutral environment for cross-industry standards collaboration & harmonization • Administers a dynamic process that effectively creates, reviews, approves & maintains standards • Over 315 X12 EDI transaction sets • The standard focuses on rigor, completeness and reuse • Produces XML Schema via X12’s Context Inspired Component Architecture (CICA)
Communications & Controls Finance Government Harmonization & Outreach Insurance Marketing Policies & Procedures Supply Chain Technical Assessment Transportation X12 Subcommittee & Task Groups
X12 Tools & Processes • Central repository • Automated message definition exchange • Tools to simplify & expedite message development • Altova, EDIFECS, GEFEG & Sparx Systems • Smart message definition exchange
What’s on the Horizon? • Lessons learned from HIPAA • Expanding from B2B to B2C transactions • Standardized exchanges inside & outside organizations • Requirements for both batch and interactive transactions
Harmonization • Committed to working with complementary standards organizations and industry verticals • Collaborating with organizations to reduce redundancies and leveraging knowledge to enhance business process flow
Harmonization • Message capability • Business process • Message approval process
Future Collaboration • Restore strong relationship between ASC X12 and UN/CEFACT • Promote shared code set, syntactic and semantic interoperability • Share resources • Joint efforts with other SDO’s
Questions/Comments Dan Kazzaz kazzaz@verizon.net