EFI Electronic Format Identification
EFI Electronic Format Identification
To provide basic information about the electronic format of the interchange data
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
EFI-01
Security Level Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
-
Code indicating the level of confidentiality assigned by the sender to the information following
EFI-02
Free-Form Message Text
String (AN)
Optional
1
264
-
Free-form message text
EFI-03
Security Technique Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
2
-
Code indicating that this element will be used to tell an EDI translator program which security technique to use
EFI-04
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-05
Program Identifier
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Identifies the name of the software program from which the technical data originates
EFI-06
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-07
Interchange Format
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Industry or proprietary standard used to identify the format of the data
EFI-08
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-09
Compression Technique
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Identifies the digital data compression means and the type
EFI-10
Drawing Sheet Size Code
String (AN)
Optional
2
2
-
Code indicating the drawing size and orientation of a technical drawing as specified and described in the current version of standards ANSI Y14.1 and ISO 5457 (E); see the listed ANSI and ISO standards for the maximum lengths for rolled sheets *
EFI-11
File Name
String (AN)
Optional
1
64
-
Name assigned or declared for a file or used by a program to identify a file; exact format of the name depends on the computer operating system being used; name also may be known as the file's "data set name"
EFI-12
Block Type
String (AN)
Optional
1
4
-
Organization of a data block such as fixed length, variable length, spanned, etc. Synonym for "data format"
EFI-13
Record Length
Numeric (N)
Optional
1
15
-
Quantity of characters or bytes in a record. Synonyms are "logical record length" and "record size"
EFI-14
Block Length
Numeric (N)
Optional
1
5
-
Quantity of data elements in a block, usually specified in units such as records, words or characters; synonym for "block size"
EFI-15
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-16
Filter ID Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
3
3
-
Code specifying the type of filter used to convert data code values