Chem eStandards Transactions 

CIDX standardization aligns business processes between trading partners in a supply chain. CIDX provides these standards as Chem eStandards business transaction specifications.

Chem eStandards business transactions include specification of partner business roles such as buyer, seller and so on, activities conducted between the roles and type, content, and sequence of documents exchanged by the roles while performing these activities. Also specified are the time, security, and authentication of these interactions.

However, the structure and content of the documents exchanged is specified by XML document type definitions (DTDs).

Trading partners who are involved in the Chem eStandards business transaction, exchange documents that match the DTDs by using network protocols that are specified by Chem eStandards.