GS1 eCom

New version of eCom Standards now freely available at http://www.gs1.org/gsmp/kc/ecom/xml/xml_v_3.

GS1 eCom provides global standards for electronic business messaging that allow rapid, efficient and accurate automatic electronic transmission of agreed business data between trading partners.

eCom is a GS1 term used for the Electronic Data Interchange technology, which can be defined as "the transfer of structured data, by agreed message standards, from one computer application to another, by electronic means and with a minimum of human intervention".

GS1 eCom provides two complementary standards for business messaging:

• GS1 XML
• GS1 EANCOM®