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- ↑ E-Business Standards. Vorstellung von EDI, XML und eCl@ss, page 4 f. (German), Christian Dordel (Autor), ISBN 978-3656868637
- ↑ Bayerisch-Schwäbische Wirtschaft 10/2016, Sonderbeilage, page 17 ff., Herausgeber: Industrie- und Handelskammer Schwaben, ISSN 0171-9416 (German)
- ↑ "UNIDOC XML Schema Definition 2.0.1". 2019-04-09.
- ↑ "UNECE - Introducing UN/EDIFACT". 2019-02-04.
- ↑ "The EDICENTER UNIDOC initiative (German)". 2019-04-03.
- ↑ "The European EDI Network (EEDIN)". 2019-04-03.
- ↑ "comporsys EDI interface for Microsoft Dynamics NAV". 2019-04-08.
- ↑ "Hirschmann EDI interface for GDI". 2019-04-08.
- ↑ "Line Software EDI interface for I-Line 6". 2019-04-08.