Re:Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs
by ochrist on Monday March 11, 2024 @02:11PM
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You don't have to pay for message by the kilobyte. This is only true if you use an external vendor for the conversion or use a VAN for transmission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_network
Source: Worked in EDI for a few years
Re:Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs
by calvinmorrison on Monday March 11, 2024 @03:37PM
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you absoultely don't need to use a VAN, yet a LOT of people do. Even when they're not using a VAN for comms, they might pay a VAN to host their FTP. The whole thing is backasswards.
Re:Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs
by oldandboring on Monday March 11, 2024 @01:34PM
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> Also, EDI is really only good for things like PO's, shipping notices, invoices, sales orders, etc.
Don't forget health insurance claims, eligibility & benefits, and prior auth requests!
Re:Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs
by ochrist on Monday March 11, 2024 @02:09PM
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EDI is used in a lot of situations for machine-to-machine communications, but outside USA I believe EDIFACT is much more used (X12 is mostly used in USA).
Today many EDIFACT documents have been converted to ebXML: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EbXML
Source: Worked in EDI for a few years
EDI is the only place where people are regularly still paying for message by the kilobyte, where unsecured FTP over the open internet is still a norm, and where entire cottage industries exist to support AVOIDING using EDI.
Source: I work in EDI. it's a pain in the rump.
Also, EDI is really only good for things like PO's, shipping notices, invoices, sales orders, etc.