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Service segment specifications  UNB   EDIFACT  Syntax Version 4

UNB	INTERCHANGE HEADER   To identify an interchange. Notes: 1. S001/0002, shall be '4' to indicate this version of the syntax. 2. The combination of the values carried in data elements S002, S003 and 0020 shall be used to identify uniquely the interchange, for the purpose of acknowledgement.

Pos		Tag	Name	S	R	Repr		Notes
010		S001	SYNTAX IDENTIFIER Identification of the agency controlling the syntax, the syntax level and version number, and the service code directory.	M	1			1
		0001	Syntax identifier Coded identification of the agency controlling the syntax, and of the character repertoire used in an interchange.	M	1	a4
		0002	Syntax version number Version number of the syntax.	M	1	an1
		0080	Service code list directory version number Version number of the service code list directory.	C	1	an..6
		0133	Character encoding, coded Coded identification of the character encoding used in the interchange.	C	1	an..3
020		S002	INTERCHANGE SENDER Identification of the sender of the interchange.	M	1			2
		0004	Interchange sender identification Name or coded identification of the sender of the interchange.	M	1	an..35
		0007	Identification code qualifier Qualifier referring to the identification code.	C	1	an..4
		0008	Interchange sender internal identification Identification (for example, a division, branch or computer system/process) specified by the sender of interchange, to be included if agreed, by the recipient in response interchanges, to facilitate internal routing.	C	1	an..35
		0042	Interchange sender internal sub-identification Sub-level of sender internal identification, when further sub-level identification is required.	C	1	an..35
030		S003	INTERCHANGE RECIPIENT Identification of the recipient of the interchange.	M	1			2
		0010	Interchange recipient identification Name or coded identification of the recipient of the interchange.	M	1	an..35
		0007	Identification code qualifier Qualifier referring to the identification code.	C	1	an..4
		0014	Interchange recipient internal identification Identification (for example, a division, branch or computer system/process) specified by the recipient of interchange, to be included if agreed, by the sender in response interchanges, to facilitate internal routing.	C	1	an..35
		0046	Interchange recipient internal sub-identification Sub-level of recipient internal identification, when further sub-level identification is required.	C	1	an..35
040		S004	DATE AND TIME OF PREPARATION Date and time of preparation of the interchange.	M	1
		0017	Date Local date when an interchange or a group was prepared.	M	1	n8
		0019	Time Local time of day when an interchange or a group was prepared.	M	1	n4
050		0020	INTERCHANGE CONTROL REFERENCE Unique reference assigned by the sender to an interchange.	M	1	an..14		2
060		S005	RECIPIENT REFERENCE/PASSWORD DETAILS Reference or password as agreed between the communicating partners.	C	1
		0022	Recipient reference/password Reference or password to the recipient's system or to a third party network as specified in the partners' interchange agreement.	M	1	an..14
		0025	Recipient reference/password qualifier Qualifier for the recipient's reference or password.	C	1	an2
070		0026	APPLICATION REFERENCE Identification of the application area assigned by the sender, to which the messages in the interchange relate e.g. the message type, if all the messages in the interchange are of the same type.	C	1	an..14
080		0029	PROCESSING PRIORITY CODE Code determined by the sender requesting processing priority for the interchange.	C	1	a1
090		0031	ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REQUEST Code requesting acknowledgement for the interchange.	C	1	n1
100		0032	INTERCHANGE AGREEMENT IDENTIFIER Identification by name or code of the type of agreement under which the interchange takes place.	C	1	an..35
110		0035	TEST INDICATOR Indication that the structural level containing the test indicator is a test.	C	1	n1

Date  2002-05-23