PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0: decoding EN 16931 painlessly
The European semantic standard explained in 7 minutes, without copy-pasting the ISO annex.
THE EDI KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM
The complete reference for B2B data exchange
EDI — Electronic Data Interchange — is the standardized way businesses exchange orders, invoices and shipping notices, with no email and no manual re-keying. Here, every standard is documented, verified, tooled.
- EDIFACT
- X12
- cXML
- OCI
- UBL
- PEPPOL
- AS2
- OFTP2
Where to start?
Three entry points, depending on what you need.
- New here I'm new to EDI What EDI is, how a message flows, the transport protocols — step by step, no prerequisites. Start with the foundations
- Developer I'm integrating EDI Message anatomy, segments and loops, plus online validators that are 100% client-side. Open the tools
- Buyer I'm choosing a solution The standards landscape and e-invoicing mandates by country, to decide with confidence. Compare standards & mandates
Live coverage · Couverture en temps réel
ediverse, by the numbers
A living platform. Every sprint adds messages, tools, countries, terms. The counters below refresh on every release.
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- B2B tools0 /27
SIREN/SIRET (Luhn) · EPC QR (EPC069-12) · LEI (ISO 17442) · BIC (ISO 9362) · IBAN (MOD 97-10) · GS1 (AI + check digit) · RosettaNet PIP · ebMS 3.0 / AS4 · OFTP2 · AS2 MDN · PEPPOL SBDH…
- Glossary terms0 /2900
pacs.008 · camt.053 · MT535/MT540 · ADT^A01 · FHIR Observation · GS1 AI 01/21 · BGM/NAD/MOA · EN 16931 BT/BG/BR-* · four-corner model · PPF/PDP · ViDA/DRR · KSeF · SdI · CFDI · ZATCA…
- Countries covered0 /90
All Europe at 100% (27 EU + UK/CH/NO) · 90 world hubs — Serbia (SEF), Albania (Fiskalizimi), Uzbekistan (ESF), Uganda (EFRIS), El Salvador (DTE), China, Taiwan, India, Brazil…
- EDIFACT directories saturated0 /15
D.96A → D.24A · 50+ messages saturated per directory
- Root standards0 /38
EDIFACT, X12, EANCOM, GS1 XML, IDoc, VDA, Odette, cXML, OCI, UBL, PEPPOL, AS2/AS4, OFTP2, HL7, FHIR, SWIFT, ISO 20022, RosettaNet, OAGi · e-invoicing: EN 16931, CII, Factur-X, XRechnung, FatturaPA, Facturae, OIOUBL, EHF, Finvoice, SAF-T · Americas: HIPAA, CFDI, NF-e, DTE · verticals: EPCIS, PIDX, CIDX, papiNet, EDIFICE, Spec 2000
- Software suites0 /21
EDI / B2B comparison — platforms/VAN (SPS, OpenText, IBM Sterling, Cleo, Seeburger, Comarch, Generix, TrueCommerce, Data Interchange), iPaaS (Boomi, MuleSoft, Lobster), e-invoicing (Pagero, EDICOM, Sovos, Basware, Tungsten, TIE Kinetix, Unifiedpost, Esker), ERP-native (SAP).
- Unit tests0
Vitest unit tests · parsers, validators, codelists, lookups
Numbers computed from the build. Refreshed on every release.
A reference for the EDI community
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Three pillars
Built for developers, integrators, and B2B buyers.
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Popular pages
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EDIFACT
ORDERS — Purchase Order (D.96A)
The dominant EDIFACT purchase-order message. Full structure with annotated example.
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Standard
EDIFACT
The reference for B2B data exchange outside North America since 1987.
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Tool
EDIFACT Validator
Syntactic validation of your messages, in your browser, with zero network calls.
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Glossary
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange: the definition, the origin, the actual B2B usage.
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Protocol
AS2 — RFC 4130
The secure HTTP transport protocol that has powered internet EDI since 2002.
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PEPPOL
BIS Billing 3.0
European e-invoicing mandates: France 2026, Belgium 2026, Germany 2025.
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