Program areas at X12 Incorporated
Work Products: (1) Maintaining an expansive standardized vocabulary to define data content and describe data relationships for particular business uses across many industry verticals; (2) Publishing of: (a) metadata repository that supports syntax-specific and syntax-neutral electronic messages, (b) EDI Standards- traditional EDI syntax that powers business-to-business electronic transactions in the U.S. and internationally, (c) technical reports- implementation instructions, explanations, and best-practice guidance that enables consistent, interoperable exchange of electronic messages, (d) external code sets- standardized code sets that support consistent and interoperable information exchange, (e) interpretations- clarifications and other explanations that satisfy questions from X12's clients and members, and (f) implementation tools- applications, APIs, and other technical solutions that assist implementers and users of X12 products; (3) Providing easy and convenient web-based access to X12 products; (4) Providing tools to support member collaborations via web-based tools, web conferences, and teleconferencing; (5) Providing a forum for industry or cross-industry discussion of emerging business needs, technologies, and opportunities.
Meetings: Enabling face-to-face and virtual collaboration, networking, and corporate activities for X12 members and materially interested non-members.
Membership: (1) Recruiting and supporting materially-interested organizations and individuals as X12 members. X12 members then provide cross-industry and cross-functional experts who contribute their expertise, experience, and knowledge to ensure X12 work products are relevant, efficient, and reliable. (2) Enabling face-to-face and virtual collaboration. (3) Supporting ANSI-compliant consensus development, including discussion and voting.