4.2 Service data elements, documentation, references

0001 Syntax identifier (E)
Desc: Coded identification of the agency controlling a syntax and

syntax level used in an interchange
Repr: a4
Ref: EDIFACT SYNTAX, Part 4 chapter 2.2 of UNTDID
Note: See ISO 9735.

0002 Syntax version number (E)
Desc: Version number of the syntax identified in the syntax identifier (0001)
Repr: n1

0004 Sender identification (E)
Desc: Name or coded representation of the sender of a data interchange
Repr: an..35
Note: If coded representation is used, its source must be

specified by the qualifier in data element 0007.

0007 Identification code qualifier (E)
Desc: Qualifier referring to the source of codes for the identifiers

of interchanging partners
Repr: an..4
Note: A qualifier code may refer to organization identification as in ISO 6523.

0008 Address for reverse routing (E)
Desc: Address specified by the sender of an interchange to be included

by the recipient in the response interchanges to facilitate internal routing
Repr: an..14

0010 Recipient Identification (E)
Desc: Name or coded representation of the recipient of a data interchange
Repr: an..35
Note: If coded representation is used, its source must be

specified by the qualifier in data element 0007.

0013 Segment, coded (E)
Desc: Code identifying a segment
Repr: an..6

0014 Routing address (E)
Desc: Address specified by the recipient of an interchange to be included by

the sender and used by the recipient for routing of received
interchanges inside his organization
Repr: an..14

0017 Date (E)
Desc: Local date when an interchange or a functional group was prepared
Repr: n6

0019 Time (E)
Desc: Local time of day when an interchange or a functional group was prepared
Repr: n4

0020 Interchange control reference (E)
Desc: Unique reference assigned by the sender to an interchange
Repr: an..14

0022 Recipient's reference/password (E)
Desc: Unique reference assigned by the recipient to the data interchange

or a password to the recipient's system or to a third party network
as specified in the partners interchange agreement
Repr: an..14
Note: To be used as specified in the partners interchange agreement.
It may be qualified by 0025.

0025 Recipient's reference/password qualifier (E)
Desc: Qualifier for the recipient's reference or password
Repr: an2

0026 Application reference (E)
Desc: Identification of the application area assigned by the sender,

to which the messages in the in terchange relate e.g. the message
identifier if all the messages in the interchange are of the same type
Repr: an..14

0029 Processing priority code (E)
Desc: Code determined by the sender requesting processing priority

for the interchange
Repr: a1
Note: To be used as specified in the partners interchange agreement.

0031 Acknowledgement request (E)
Desc: Code determined by the sender for acknowledgement of the interchange
Repr: n1
Note: Name or code to be specified in the partners interchange agreement.

0032 Communications agreement id (E)
Desc: Identification by name or code of the type of agreement under

which the interchange takes place
Repr: an..35

0035 Test indicator (E)
Desc: Indication that the interchange is a test
Repr: n1

0036 Interchange control count (E)
Desc: Count either of the number of messages or, if used, of the number

of functional groups in an interchange
Repr: n..6

0038 Functional group identification (E)
Desc: Identification of the type of message in a functional group
Repr: an..6

0040 Sender identification (E)
Desc: Name or code identifying the originating division, department etc.

within the sender's organization
Repr: an..35
Note: If the identification is a code, the qualifier in 0007 may be used.

0044 Recipient's identification (E)
Desc: Name or code identifying the division, department etc. within

the recipient's organization for which the group of messages is intended
Repr: an..35
Note: If the identification is a code, the qualifier in 0007 may be used.

0048 Functional group reference number (E)
Desc: Reference number for the functional group assigned by and unique within

the sender's division, department etc.
Repr: an..14
Note: The reference number assigned should be unique not only within
a single interchange but across many interchanges

0051 Controlling agency (E)
Desc: Code identifying the agency controlling the specification, maintenance
and publication of the message type
Repr: an..2

0052 Message version number (E)
Desc: Version number of a message type
Repr: an..3

0054 Message release number (E)
Desc: Release number within the current message type version number (0052)
Repr: an..3

0057 Association assigned code (E)
Desc: Code, assigned by the association responsible for the design and

maintenance of the message type concerned, which further identifies
the message
Repr: an..6

0058 Application password (E)
Desc: Password to the recipient's division, department or sectional system
Repr: an..14

0060 Number of messages (E)
Desc: A count of the number of messages in a functional group
Repr: n..6

0062 Message reference number (E)
Desc: Unique message reference assigned by the sender
Repr: an..14
Note: The reference number assigned should be unique not only within

a single interchange but across many interchanges

0065 Message type (E)
Desc: Code identifying a type of message and assigned by its controlling agency
Repr: an..6
Note: In UNSMs (United Nations Standard Messages), the repr. is a6.

0068 Common access reference (E)
Desc: Reference serving as a key to relate all subsequent transfers of data

to the same business case or file
Repr: an..35
Note: Partners may in their interchange agreement specify a logical division
of the reference data but EDIFACT syntax

0070 Sequence of transfers (E)
Desc: Number assigned by the sender indicating that the message is an

addition or change of a previously sent message relating to the same topic
Repr: n..2
Note: The first message in the sequence shall be given number 1.

0073 First and last transfer (E)
Desc: Indication used for the first and last message in a sequence of the same

type of message relating to the same topic
Repr: a1
Note: C must be present for the first transfer if more than one is foreseen
F must be present for the last transfer of a sequence

0074 Number of segments in the message (E)
Desc: Control count of number of segments in a message
Repr: n..6
Note: The count shall include the message header segment (UNH) and the

message trailer segment (UNT).

0077 Text reference code (E)
Desc: A qualification and identification of the purpose and function of

a text segment
Repr: an3

0078 Free form text (E)
Desc: Free text field available for information
Repr: an..70

0079 Free form text, coded (E)
Repr: an..3
Note: Reference to (standard) text formulation.

0081 Section identification (E)
Desc: A character identifying the next section in a message
Repr: a1

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