This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Wage Determination Transaction Set (288) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This bi-directional transaction set can be used to request and respond to requests for wage information such as prevailing wage rates. This information can be determined by occupational categories, geographical area, nature of the workforce, and contract status.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
To supply information on conditions
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify identifying information
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify identifying information
To indicate the total monetary amount
To specify quantity information
To transmit standard code list identification information
Code to transmit standard industry codes
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To reference a line number in a transaction set
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify identifying information
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To transmit standard code list identification information
Code to transmit standard industry codes
To indicate the total monetary amount
To specify quantity information
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)
