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EDI 868 Electronic Form Structure

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Electronic Form Structure Transaction Set (868) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to provide a structure for transfer of EDI standards, or portions thereof in an electronic form. These EDI standards include but are not limited to: ANSI X12 standards, approved ASC-X12 draft standards for trial use, UN/EDIFACT standard messages, and industry EDI conventions and guidelines. It is intended to provide users with the following:The ability to send and receive EDI standards data which can be used to update application or translation software.The ability to exchange data maintenance information with trading partners about transaction sets, segments, elements and codes that will be used for EDI transmissions.The ability to transmit complete or partial EDI standards or conventions.

Segments

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
10
ST
Transaction Set Header
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
20
E01
Electronic Form Main Heading
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To provide the information related to all of the values for this instance of the electronic form of the X12 standards
30
DMI
Data Maintenance Information
Opt
AtMax 100
To provide information related to the data maintenance request number in the electronic form of the X12 standards
40
E03
Interchange Order of Segments
Opt
AtMax 100
To provide information related to the interchange order table of the control segments for the electronic form of the X12 standards
45
MSG
Message Text
Opt
AtMax 1000
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
E10
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 1000
E20
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 1000
E30
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 2000
E40
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 10000
200
SE
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

PositionElementNameRequirementTypeMin/MaxRepeat
1
143
Transaction Set Identifier CodeMandatoryID3/31
2
329
Transaction Set Control NumberMandatoryAlphanumeric4/91