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Re:Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs by oldandboring on Monday March 11, 2024 @01:34PM (#39671078)
> 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!

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Re:Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs by ochrist on Monday March 11, 2024 @02:09PM (#39671493)
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

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