This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Excavation Communication Transaction Set (620) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to communicate information related to excavations for the purposes of attaining either clearance for the excavation or to have the potentially impacted parties locate any affected assets and supervise the excavation process or both.
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 supply excavation ticket information
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To define types and values of a geographic location
To identify a physical property location
To specify textual data
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
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 provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify pertinent dates and times
To provide an accurate description of where an individual was located or an event took place
To identify a physical property location
To transmit standard code list identification information
Code to transmit standard industry codes
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
