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EIDX Glossary of
Terms
Object - A tangible or abstract thing of relevance
to business;
a data item. In general, it's anything that can be individually selected
and manipulated.
ODETTE -
Organisation for Data Exchange through Tele-Transmission in Europe. Developers
of automotive industry EDI message standards and file transfer protocols.
Off Book
Pricing - Special prices quoted to a customer that are different than the "book
price" published
in
a pricing catalog. Off
book pricing may be a
reward for a design win, or may
the result of a meet-competition quote
or a ship-from-stock and debit authorization.
Offline
- When your computer is not connected to a
host system of any kind
or the Internet, you are offline. Not
the same as being
hung or down.
Omission
- Exclusion in an actual message of one or more units of data which are defined as
conditional in a message type specification. [ISO 9735]
Online
- When your computer is connected a host system
or the Internet, whether connected to an online service,
a bulletin-board system or
a public-access site.
Open-EDI - Electronic data interchange among multiple autonomous,
heterogeneous business
information systems to accomplish an explicit shared business goal according
to Open-EDI standards with no human intervention and no prior trading agreements.
Open-EDI Standard
- A standard that complies with the Open-EDI reference model,
ISO/IEC 14662.
Open Network - A network with which outside parties can communicate.
Open Standard
- Refers to a published standard
that is made freely available to any person or business.
Open Systems Interconnect
(OSI) - Structure based on a 7 layer model developed by ISO which
provides a framework for building protocols that allow different
computer manufacturers' machines to communicate with one another. The layers
are:
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Application - user Programs
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Presentation - data interpretation
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Session - control of sessions between
hosts
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Transport - transmission control
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Network - flow control, routing
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Data Link - maintain and release data
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Physical
- physical media definition
Optional (O)
- Data element requirement designator indicating that the item is
neither mandatory nor conditional.
Organization - Unique framework
of authority within which a person or persons act, or are designated to act,
toward some purpose.
Outsource -
Engage a third-party to perform a service, such as manufacturing, consulting,
training, programming, etc.
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