This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Loss or Damage Claim - General Commodities Transaction Set (920) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to file a legal claim with a transportation carrier for loss or damage.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To identify a loss or damage claim
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify date of shipment, carrier, equipment, and carriers reference number
To report allowances and/or charges relative to a shipment against which a claim is made
To record seal numbers used and the organization that applied the seals.
To specify the extent of damage and the amount claimed for damaged goods
To report origin and destination weights or volumes
To report allowances and/or charges relative to a shipment against which a claim is made
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
