American National Standards Institute. Formed in 1918, ANSI as defined on its Web "administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system." ASC X12 has been accredited by ANSI since 1979.
DISA
Data Interchange Standards Association. DISA is the ASC X12 secretariat.
DM
Data Maintenance (within ASC X12).
CICA
(pronounced "see-suh") Context Inspired Component Architecture. ASC X12's new framework that includes reusable syntax neutral components that can be expressed in XML or any future standards format.
CMR
Code Maintenance Request (within ASC X12).
DSMO
Designated Standard Maintenance Organization. An organization, designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, to maintain standards adopted under HIPAA. The following organizations serve as DSMOs: ASC X12; Dental Content Committee; Health Level Seven; The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs; National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC); and National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC).
ebXML
Electronic Business XML. A suite of specifications for conducting business over the Internet. CICA incorporates ebXML Core Components Technical Specification, Part 8 of the ebXML framework.
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange. A set of standardized formats for the computer-to-computer exchange of business documents.
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
HOTG
Harmonizatrion and Outreach Task Group.
ISO
International Organization for Standardization. A network of standards institutes from 150 countries that develop and promote standards worldwide.
OPM
Organization and Procedures Manual. Describes the organization and function of ASC X12, its officers, its subcommittees and task groups as well as the role of the X12 Secretariat, DISA.
PRB
Procedures Review Board. Ensures due process is followed and consensus reached in all ASC X12 standards, guidelines, development & maintenance.
SD1
Standing Document 1: ASC X12 Administrative Policies & Procedures. Provides clarification of policies that are not defined in the OPM.
SD2
Standing Document 2: Operations Manual; Development and Maintenance Procedures for Standards, Interpretations, Guidelines and Technical Reports. Contains procedures for developing and maintaining standards, interpretations, guidelines, technical reports and American National Standards.
SD4
Standing Document 4: ASC X12 Duties of the Secretariat. Addresses the essential requirements and expectations of the X12 Secretariat, DISA.
SDO
Standards Developing Organization. The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 is one of approximately 200 ANSI-accredited SDOs.
TAS
Technical Assessment Subcommittee, X12J
TR3
Technical Report 3 (within ASC X12). It addresses one specific business purpose through the implementation of one or more X12 transaction sets and is used to facilitate uniform implementations within an industry.
UN/CEFACT
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. As defined on its Web site, UN/CEFACT supports activities dedicated to improving the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations to exchange products and relevant services effectively.
UN/EDIFACT
United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport. The international standard for EDI messages.
US TAG
United States Technical Advisory Group. U.S. TAGs are established via ANSI for ISO activities, and as noted on the ISO Web site "to advise on matters of basic, sectoral and cross-sectoral coordination, coherent planning and the needs for new work."
W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium. Develops common protocols that drive the World Wide Web's evolution and interoperability.
X12
The most widely used standard for EDI in the United States and much of North America.
X12.5
Interchange Control Structures standard. Defines the outer envelope (ISA, IEA, and related segments) used for the X12 EDI standard.
X12.56
Interconnect Mailbag Control Structures
X12.58
Security Structures
X12.59
Implementation of EDI Structures - Semantic Impact
X12.6
Application Control Structure standard. Defines all basic syntax aspects of the X12 EDI standard, except for the interchange control structures.
X12.7
Context Inspired Component Architecture (CICA) Technical Specification and XML Syntax Representation.
X12.71
Context Inspired Component Architecture (CICA), XML Design Rules document.
XML
Extensible Markup Language. As defined by W3C, XML is a "simple, flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879)." It is designed to represent and exchange data electronically.
XSD
The W3C's XML Schema Language, which defines the structure of an XML document, data types, and other constraints.
