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Introduction of EDI in the public administration is a priority for the Danish Government. EDI is both seen as a catalyst for a development towards an information society and as a means for a more efficient use of scarce resources. EDI is widely used for specific purposes in the health sector (see Chapter 9) and by the tax authorities but is less developed in other parts of the administration, and electronic exchange of data among different public authorities is at best limited. The chapter will review the development of EDI in the banking and the retail sector, which both are early adopters of EDI. Based on this background, drivers and barriers towards diffusion of EDI are discussed and the Danish public sector policy initiatives assessed.
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EDI is in this chapter defined as inter-organizational exchange of data directly from computer to computer using a structured format. This includes electronic payments and exchange of trading documents or technical product specifications.
EDIFACT (EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport) is the general standard for EDI agreed upon in United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and adopted by the International Standards Organization (ISO).
EAN was former an European organization, but has now status of an international organization.
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Falch, M. (1998). EDI in the Public Sector. In: EDI and Data Networking in the Public Sector. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5487-5_4
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