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A transaction set is one electronic document (e.g.., a purchase order). The data included in a transaction set conveys the same information as a conventional printed document.
A segment is a line of data in a standard EDI transaction. EDI transactions are made up of multiple segments. A segment would contain multiple elements.
An element is the smallest item of information in an EDI transaction and represents line item data of a particular document.