Tradacoms EDI Document Standard
Tradacoms is an early standard for EDI and was primarily used in the UK retail sector. It was originally introduced in 1982 as an implementation of the UN/GTDI syntax, one of the precursors of EDIFACT and was maintained and extended by the UK Article Numbering Association, now called GS1 UK.
The standard is more or less obsolescent since the development of it effectively ceased in 1995 in favor of the EDIFACT EANCOM subsets. Despite this it has proved durable and the majority of the retail EDI traffic in the UK still uses it today. A list of Tradacoms document standards is provided below:
| Application Reference | Message type |
| ACKHDR | Acknowledgement |
| AVLHDR | Availability Report |
| BTOHDR | Book Trade Orders |
| PVUHDR | Book Trade Price/Availability Update |
| CAKHDR | Claims Acknowledgement |
| CLAHDR | Claims Message |
| CORHDR | Complex Order |
| CREHDR | Credit Note |
| CREADV | Credit Advice |
| CUSHDR | Customer Information |
| DEBADV | Debit Advice |
| DLCHDR | Delivery Confirmation |
| DELHDR | Delivery Notice |
| DYEHDR | Dye Instruction |
| GENHDR | General Communication |
| HSOHDR | Home Shopping Orders |
| INVFIL | Invoice |
| ISSUES | Issues |
| LPRHDR | Location Planning Report |
| PICHDR | Picking Instruction |
| ORDHDR | Purchase Order |
| PAYORD | Payment Order |
| PRIHDR | Price Information |
| PROHDR | Product Information |
| PPRHDR | Product Planning Report |
| RDAHDR | Retailer Database |
| RDBHDR | Retail B, 1-4 Retailer Database |
| RIFHDR | Retail Issues File |
| SADHDR | Stock Adjustment |
| SNPSTS | Stock Snapshot |
| SRMHDR | Statement & Remittance Details |
| SORDET | Supply and Returns Details |
| SORDAY | Supply and Returns Summary |
| SRSHDR | Supply and Returns Summary |
| RIFHDR | Retail Issues File |
| UCNHDR | Uplift Confirmation |
| UPLHDR | Uplift Instruction |
| UTLHDR | Utility Bill |