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IATA:

The acronym for the International Air Transport Association.

ICC:
Acronymn for the International Chamber of Commerce.

Implementation Guideline:
A publication listing messages that are in use in a particular industry, or a particular application, and indicating how the information in those messages should be presented. A good implementation guideline will do this on a segment by segment, and data element by data element basis., indicating which segment and data element is needed, which ones need not be used, and what code values will be expected in the application of that particular message.

INCOTERMS:
Standardized terms, generally presented as an acronym e.g.,"FOB" or "CIF", that are a short hand way of expressing contractual obligations of parties to an international sale.

Interactive EDI:
The use of EDI in a transaction processing environment.

Interactive:
A program that is able to carry on a "conversation" with the operator. The program prompts the operator helping the user through a routine while checking input for acceptability and notifying the operator when an error is made.

Interchange:
An electronic grouping of EDI transmission data, exchanged between trading partners. An interchange consists of electronic business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, acknowledgments, etc.

Interchange Agreement:
Another term for Trading Partner Agreements.

International Chamber of Commerce:
A Paris-based organization that has played a significant role in the use of EDI in international commerce. The ICC has affiliated member organizations in most of the countries of the world.

Integrators:
Businesses providing air transportation of goods on the basis that they pick up from the consignor and deliver to the business premises of the consignee.

ISO:
Acronym for the International Standards Organization, an International organization working with the United Nations that maintains standards for all applications of technology for global industry.

ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network):
Based on digital transmission, a network that allows voice and data traffic to use the same digital links and exchanges.

 

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