EDI 188 Educational Course Inventory

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Educational Course Inventory Transaction Set (188) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used by schools and school districts and by postsecondary educational institutions to request and to transmit information about educational courses that are currently being offered or that have been offered in the past by the school, school district or postsecondary institution.

Segments

Position

Segment

Name

Max use

Transaction Set Header

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

ERP

Educational Record Purpose

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the type of educational record or information being requested or being sent and to specify conditions under which it is being requested or was sent

LOOP

Mandatory

AtMax 2

Name

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

Additional Name Information

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length

Address Information

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify the location of the named party

Geographic Location

Opt

AtMax 1

To specify the geographic place of the named party

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

Opt

AtMax 1

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

CSE

LOOP

Mandatory

GT 1

CSE

Educational Course Information

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To provide information on an educational course

DTP

Date or Time or Period

Opt

AtMax 10

To specify any or all of a date, a time, or a time period

100

CSU

Supplemental Course Data

Opt

AtMax 10

To provide supplemental information on a course or a particular instance of a course

110

REF

Reference Identification

Opt

AtMax 10

To specify identifying information

120

MSG

Message Text

Opt

GT 1

To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information

130

Transaction Set Trailer

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

Elements

Position	Element	Name	Requirement	Type	Min/Max	Repeat

1	143	Transaction Set Identifier Code	Mandatory	ID	3/3	1

2	329	Transaction Set Control Number	Mandatory	Alphanumeric	4/9	1

EDI Dictionary

EDI 188 Educational Course Inventory

Segments

Elements