This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Item Information Request Transaction Set (893) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by distributors and brokers to request complete item information from the manufacturers, suppliers, brokers, or agents. The item information will be returned using the Item Maintenance Transaction Set (888). In a collaborative forecasting relationship, this transaction set can be used by either a manufacturer or distributor to request product activity from the other. The product activity will be returned using the Product Activity Data Transaction Set (852).
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To allow for positive identification of transaction set purpose
To specify identifying information
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To identify a vendor's selling unit or to provide physical characteristics relative to a vendor's selling unit
To describe an item in free-form format
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify the criteria for reporting product activity and timing
To specify the geographic area in which a promotion or price is in effect
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
