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Ag eStandards

Agricultural data is often exchanged digitally through structured electronic messages, commonly called EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) or XML formats, that allow information to be transmitted between businesses and processed automatically.

AgGateway members can click the sections below to access documentation for messages used across agriculture. Each Wiki page includes implemented messages, use case scenarios, business use cases, mapping documents, and related resources.

Ag eStandards Naming Note

Over the years people have referred to Ag eStandards using several names. The following list explains the most common.

Chem eStandards: The name of the XML standards that CIDX developed for the global chemical industry, which is currently owned and maintained by OAGi. CIDX first used Chem eStandards in 2001 and still uses it today. (CIDX merged into OAGi in 2009.)
AgGateway Open Standards: The brand name AgGateway began to refer to OAGi's Chem eStandards in 2014. The name never caught on and Ag eStandards is most often used today.
Ag eStandards: The brand name that AgGateway uses to refer to OAGi's Chem eStandards. See entry on AgGateway Open Standards.
AgGateway Standards: May refer to Ag eStandards or may refer more broadly, depending on the context. This name is just descriptive--not referring to any particular resources.
CIDX Standards: Descriptive synonym for Chem eStandards.
ChemXML: An early name for Chem eStandards, which CIDX replaced with Chem eStandards in 2001.

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