Definition
EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport) is an international United Nations standard for structured electronic data exchange between organisations. The standard defines syntax and message structures for business documents such as invoices, orders, and metering dataData from electricity meters - the foundation for billing, balance settlement and market processes in the power market.. In the Norwegian electricity market, EDIFACT serves as the basis for the EdielNordic profile of the EDI EDIFACT standard - used for electronic message exchange in the Nordic power market via Elhub. standard - meaning that ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market. messages are formatted in EDIFACT syntax wrapped in SOAPSimple Object Access Protocol - XML-based messaging protocol used in enterprise integrations, including Elhub. envelopes. EDIFACT is older and more rigid than modern formats such as JSONJavaScript Object Notation - lightweight data format for data exchange between systems, standard in REST APIs., but continues to be used in industries with high requirements for precision and backward compatibility. For system integrators working with Elhub, familiarity with EDIFACT is necessary to parse and generate Ediel messages correctly.