This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Student Educational Record (Transcript) Acknowledgment Transaction Set (131) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment.
The Student Educational Record (Transcript) Acknowledgment record is used to ensure that the original transcript did, in fact, come from the proper office at the educational institution indicated as the sender and that certain key elements of the transcript were received as they were sent. It also provides the sending institution with confirmation that the original record was received by the intended recipient and the date it was received.
This information may then be relayed to the student or other individual who requested the record transfer.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify identifying information
To specify quantity information
To provide summary information for an academic session, a postsecondary degree, or for the entire student academic record
To sequence individual name components for maximum specificity
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
