This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Railroad Problem Log Inquiry or Advice Transaction Set (452) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used in the following ways: (1) for a service provider or sponsor to communicate and register a problem; (2) for a party to a movement event to request information about problem logs created; and (3) to provide problem log data in response to a request.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To provide identifying numbers associated with the creation and maintenance of Interline Service Management problem logs
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify any or all of a date, a time, or a time period
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).
