RDF-EDI

RDF data model for EDI web standard.

Definition

RDF (Resource Description Framework) applied to EDI consists of modelling commercial entities (Invoice, Order, Party, GTIN) as <subject, predicate, object> triples. Enables semantic interoperability between heterogeneous vocabularies (UBL, EDIFACT, X12). ISO/IEC 5392 work (CCBDA), GS1 SmartSearch (GS1 Digital Link in RDF).

Origin

RDF has been a W3C Recommendation since 1999, v1.1 in 2014. EDI/RDF work: SAP SemEDI prototype 2014, GS1 Digital Link 2018.

Example in context

Triples: <invoice:INV-007> <hasIssueDate> "2026-05-14". <invoice:INV-007> <hasTotal> "99.95 EUR".

Related terms

• OWL EDI — ontology on top of RDF.
• SPARQL EDI — RDF query language.