This Directory definition message (DIRDEF) permits the transfer of the contents of a UN/EDIFACT Directory set or parts thereof.
To head, identify and specify a message.
To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.
To identify a directory and to give its release, status, controlling agency, language and maintenance operation.
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To specify the name/address and their related function, either by CO82 only and/or unstructured by CO58 or structured by CO80 thru 3207.
To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.
To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.
To identify a message type and to give its class and maintenance operation.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To specify the details of the usage of a segment within a message type structure.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To specify the usage of a segment group within a message type structure and its maintenance operation.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To identify a segment and give its class and maintenance operation.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To specify the usage of a data element.
To identify a composite data element and to give its class and maintenance operation.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To specify the usage of a data element.
To identify a simple data element and give related details.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To identify a code set and to give its class and maintenance operation.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To provide information related to a code value.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To end and check the completeness of a message.
