After the reconciliation of the file format and the range of data to be transmitted the conversion tables of EDI connections can be created. Service providers who also provide conversion will create these conversion tables.
Conversion can follow any one of several standards, of which the better known ones are:
EDIFACT, EANCOM (GS1), VDA, ODETTE, X.12, Tradacoms, VICS, SWIFT, HIPPAA, RosettaNet, etc.