Computer Networks
Tutorial #20
- Can you think of any other forms of electronic commerce than those
mentioned in today's lecture?
- What is Electronic Data Interchange? How is it different to the
Internet and Unix electronic mail facilities you have used?
- Describe three (or more) advantages of using EDI compared to manual
systems. Do any of these seem more important than others?
- Describe the three key components of an EDI system. Are all
three of these necessarily going to be required in every EDI
implementation?
- What is the significance of each of the X.12 and EDIFACT standards for
EDI?
- Comment on the EDIFACT message structure. Why is it regarded as
somewhat old fashioned?
- (Philosophical question) The emergence of the Internet has changed
the way in which many businesses do their computer networking.
Discuss the options for EDI in the Internet context. Are
there likely to be cost benefits from using the Internet instead of a
proprietory EDI service? What factors do you think are limiting the
use of the Internet for EDI? What does the future hold?
See Prac #20 for the practical exercises
accompanying this tutorial.
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Philip Scott,
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