This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Specifications/Technical Information Transaction Set (841) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to transmit or request specifications or technical information between trading partners. It can be used to transmit engineering change and engineering change requests. It can also be used to allow EDI trading partners the ability to exchange a complete or partial technical description of a product, process, service, etc. over the same path as any other EDI transaction. The detail area can include graphic, text, parametric, tabular, image, spectral, or audio data.
A transmission includes identification information to assist the receiver in interpreting and utilizing the information included in the transaction.
Further action as a consequence of the receipt and initial processing of the specification or other technical data may or may not require human intervention. The transmission and receipt of the data may require private agreement between the trading partners to automate the receipt of the data.
The total transaction must be in the general form of all ASC X12 transactions so that an EDI computer system will be able to automatically recognize it as a Specification/Technical Information Transaction Set and pass it on for processing of the data itself. The transaction set is not media dependent.
The detail area of the Specification/Technical Information Transaction Set provides a structure which allows for the exchange of a variety of specification information. For example, if the transaction contains information describing a complete assembly, it would be necessary to include the assembly model, the models for each of the individual parts, and the associated specifications. In the case of a process it may be necessary to transmit the specification of the product along with the specifications of the process and raw materials. This transaction set can also be linked to other transaction sets.
This transaction set is not limited to a specific transmission protocol and uses other standards as applicable where they do not conflict with these requirements for specification transaction.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To provide a description of the included specification or technical data items
To specify the revision level of the electronic data item
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To transmit information contained on an export license
To transmit import license number and effective dates
To indicate customs information
To indicate the total monetary amount
To specify identifying information
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
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 specify identifying information
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments
To provide a description of the included specification or technical data items
To specify the revision level of the electronic data item
To describe a product condition causing an engineering change or the condition when presented for service, for a recall notice, or for a service bulletin
To specify the disposition of the removed part, subassembly or assembly
To indicate the status of the part being ordered or forecast with respect to this material release or planning document
To specify basic item identification data
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
To specify a package description and other information
To specify quantity information
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To specify item unit data
To describe the location in space and time of the axis of an item relative to an origin axis euclidian geometry has been assumed with orthogonal axes; the sequence of axes has been chosen in the customary sequence of X, Y, and Z, however, it is possible to just use two-dimensional space rather than three-dimensional space
To identify the type and transmission of paperwork or supporting information
To describe marking, packaging, loading, and unloading requirements
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To specify identifying information
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To reference a line number in a transaction set
To specify basic item identification data
To describe the nature of the test performed
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To define the physical sample parameters associated with a test resulting in discrete measurements
To define the sampling parameters associated with summary statistics
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify identifying information
To provide basic information about the electronic format of the interchange data
To transfer binary data in a single data segment and allow identification of the end of the data segment through a count; there is no identification of the internal structure of the binary data in this segment
To specify the general class or specific characteristic upon which test results are being reported or are to be taken
To specify item unit data
To describe the nature of the test performed
To define the physical sample parameters associated with a test resulting in discrete measurements
To specify a special sample-selection procedure to be followed at the start-up of a process, or following a process upset, such as a brief line power loss or product grade change
To define the sampling parameters associated with summary statistics
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify identifying information
To provide summary statistics related to a specific collection of test result values
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify identifying information
To represent sampling frequency changes or values that are conditional on measurements made on previous samples, related manufacturing stages, or the environment
To indicate that the next segment begins a loop
To specify the general class or specific characteristic upon which test results are being reported or are to be taken
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To provide summary statistics related to a specific collection of test result values
To indicate that the loop immediately preceding this segment is complete
To provide basic information about the electronic format of the interchange data
To transfer binary data in a single data segment and allow identification of the end of the data segment through a count; there is no identification of the internal structure of the binary data in this segment
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
