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The Application/EDI-X12 MIME body-part contains data as specified
for
electronic data interchange by [X125, X12.6, EDIV].
Within MIME, EDI-X12 information is specified by:
MIME type name: Application
MIME subtype name: EDI-X12
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters: CHARSET, as defined for MIME
Encoding considerations: May need BASE64 or QUOTED-PRINTABLE
transfer encoding
Security considerations: See separate section in the
document.
Published specification: Contained in the following section.
Rationale: The ASC X12 EDI specifications are
accepted standards for a class of
inter-organization transactions;
this permits their transmission
over the Internet, via email.
Contact-info: See Contact section, below.
Detail specific to MIME-based usage:
This is a generic mechanism for sending any ASC X12
interchange. The object is self-defining, in terms of
indicating which specific EDI objects are included. Most
EDI data is textual, but special characters such as some
delimiters may be non-printable ASCII or some data may be
pure binary. For EDI objects containing such data, the MIME
transfer mechanism may need to encode the object in Content-
Transfer-Encoding:quoted-printable or base64.
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