CAN CSA-Z243 301-1991 UN EDIFACT Message Design Guidelines (First Edition).pdf

1、CA N/CSA-Z243.30 1-9 I CAN/CGS B-200.2 7-9 I (Reaffirmed 2004) A National Standard of Canada UN/EDlFA CT Message Design Guidelines Reviewed by Canadian Standards Association and Canadian General Standards Board Approved by Standards Council of Canada ISSN 031 7-5669 Published in January 199 1 by Can

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17、ng National Standards of Canada rests with the Standards Council of Canada 45 OConnor Street, Suite 1200 Ottawa, Ontario, K1 P 6N7 Canada A National Standard of Canada is a standard which CSA INTE RNATlO N A1 / . Les normes nationales du Canada sont publiCes en versions franGaise et anglaise. Althou

18、gh the intended primary application of this Standard is stated in its Scope, it is important to note that it remains the responsibility of the users to judge its suitability for their particular purpose. UN/EDIFACT Message Design Guidelines Con tents Technical Committee on Electronic Data Interchang

19、e iv Preface viii UN/EDIFACT Message Design Guidelines 0. General Introduction 7 1. Foreword 2 2. Introduction 4 2.1 Terms and Definitions 4 2.2 General 4 3. Overview of Message Design - General Guidelines 5 3.1 Universal Standard Messages (UNSMs) 5 3.2 Requests for new UNSMs or for changes to exist

20、ing UNSMs 5 3.3 Before Designing a New Message 6 3.4 If and When You Need to Design a New Message 6 3.5 National and Sectoral Messages 8 3.5.1 UN/EDIFACT Message 8 3.5.2 Non-EDlFACT Messages 8 4. Data Elements Analysis 8 4.1 Data Element Identification and Format 8 4.2 Data Elements 9 4.3 Composite

21、Data Elements 10 4.4 Data Element Qualifier - Specific Rules 70 4.4.1 Format and Representation of Qualifiers 72 4.5 Typical Uses of Composite Data Elements 72 4.6 Codes 74 5. Segment Structure 75 5.1 General Guidelines 75 5.2 Segment Design 76 5.3 Simple and Qualified Segments 78 5.4 Segment Qualif

22、ier - Rule for Use 79 6. Message Structure 20 6.1 Function and Purpose of the Message 20 6.2 Message Type 20 6.3 Structure and Composition of the Message 20 6.4 Levels and 1mplicitlExplicit Representation of Segments 21 6.5 Related Segments in a Hierarchical Structure 23 6.6 Standard Message Branchi

23、ng Diagram 23 6.7 Sectionalised Message 25 6.8 Section Control Segments 26 7. Rapporteur Advisory and Support Teams (RTs) 27 7.1 Rapporteur Contact Points 27 January 1991 CAN/CSA-Z243.301-9 1 CAN/CGSB-200.27-91 Technical Commiftee on Electronic Data Inferchange R. Lang E.G. Patterson M. Albert V. Al

24、exiou B. Annand E. Badlcal A. Baln D. Balmer B. Beaudet J.E. Beriault C. Booth G. Byrne M. Caruso D. Charbonneau W.B. Dodd A.B. Donaldson Stelco Inc., Hamilton, Ontario Treasury Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario London Life Insurance Company, London, Ontario Canadian Bankers Association, Toronto , On

25、tario Canadian Payments Association, Ottawa, Ontario Affiliated Customs Brokers, Montreal, Quebec IBM Canada Limited, Markham, Ontario Protocols Standards and Communication Inc., Ottawa, Ontario International Air Transport Association, Montreal, Quebec National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Uni

26、sys Canada Inc., North York, Ontario Dow Chemical Canada Inc., Sarnia, Ontario Stelco Inc., Hamilton, Ontario Supply and Services Canada, Hull, Quebec Canadian General Standards Board, Ottawa, Ontario A.B. Donaldson and Associates, Ottawa, Ontario Chairman Vice- Chairman Associate Associate Associat

27、e Associate Associate Associate iv January 1991 UN/EDIFACT Message Design Guidelines R. Duff A.R. Elliott D. Ferenz M. Fountain S. Ghanthan J. Glover S. Groombridge J. Gross D. Guilbault G. Hammond H. HO R.C. Hurd B. Jackson K. Juma J. Knoppers A.S. Kwan T. Lauriault R.S. Lees J. Livingstone IBM Can

28、ada Limited, Markham, Ontario A.R. Elliott and Associates, Nepean, Ontario Digital Equipment Canada, Kanata, Ontario Canadian Business Forms Association, Ottawa, Ontario Standards Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario DMR Group Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia Sears Canada, Toronto, Ontario Milgram an

29、d Company Limited, Montreal, Quebec Telecom Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Queens University, Registrars Off ice, Kingston, Ontario Communications Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Data Interchange Standards Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA Ontario Hydro, Toronto CNCP Network Service, Toronto, Ontario Canaglob

30、e International Inc., Westmount, Quebec Communications Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Border Enterprises International Ltd., Windsor, Ontario MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Assoc

31、iate Associate Associate January 1991 V CAN/CSA-Z243.30 1-9 1 CAN/CGSB-200.27-9 1 P. Lothlan Ernst and Young Consulting, Toronto, Ontario 1. MacTavlsh 3M Canada Inc., London, Ontario L.S. Maes Supply Tech, Inc., Southfield, Michigan, USA S.P. Malhotra Communications Canada, Ottawa, Ontario E. Martin

32、 STM Systems Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario P. Mason Sears Canada, Toronto, Ontario G. McConnell Revenue Canada - Customs and Excise, Ottawa, Ontario J. Mclntyre G. McPhee T. Melskl R. Memme D. Midronl E. Mitchell K. Naujok c. Picco L.A. Podgurny S. Presseau D. Quan B. Ranger Amoco Canada Petrole

33、um Limited, Calgary, Alberta Transport Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canadian General Standards Board, Hull, Quebec Centre for Study of Insurance Operations, Toronto, Ontario Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ontario INCO Limited, Copper Cliff, Ontario Tri-c-onics Limited, Whitby, Ontario Louis Wright and Ass

34、ociates, Willowdale, Ontario Canadian National Railway Company, Montreal, Quebec Communications Canada, Ottawa, Ontario GE Canada, Mississauga, Ontario Frederick Transport , Dundas, Ontario Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate vi January 1991 UN/E

35、DIFACT Message Design Guidelines N. Rasmussen Ports Canada, F. Scavuzzo DuPont Canada Inc., Ottawa, Ontario Streetsville, Ontario P. Sharman Society of Management Accountants, Hamilton, Ontario A. Silverman IBM Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario D. Singh A. Staruch J. Sturock R. Sutherland A. Syed R.C. T

36、remblay G. Vezina D. White N. Willenz N. Wood R. Wood R. Zadra C. Bardell Union Carbide Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario Industry, Science and Technology Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Texas Instruments, Plano, Texas, USA EDS Canada Ltd., Whitby, Ontario EDS Canada Ltd., Whitby, Ontario Novacomm Inc., Orleans

37、, Ontario Office of the Controller General, Ottawa, Ontario External Affairs and International Trade Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Price Waterhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA ED1 Council of Canada, Etobicoke, Ontario Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal, Quebec Communications Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

38、 Canadian Standards Association, Rexdale, Ontario Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Standards Administrator, Nonvoting January 1991 vii CAN/CSA-Z243.301-9 1 CAN/CGSB-200.27-9 1 Preface This is the first edition of joint CSNCGSB Standard CAN/CSA

39、-Z243.301 and CAN/CGSB-200.27, UNIEDIFACT Message Design Guidelines. Trade Data Interchange Directory (UNTDID). use, permits organizations to exchange administration, commercial, and transport information electronically . eIEDSD: The EDIFACT UNSM Standard Segments Directory eEDMD: The UN EDIFACT Dat

40、a Messages Directory. -IS0 9735 EDIFACT Syntax Rules The UN EDIFACT Syntax Implementation Guide The UN EDIFACT Message Design Guidelines. For general information on UN standard message, see UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.5, General Introduction to UNSM Descriptions, of UN/DIFACT Directory. This joint CSN

41、CGSB Standard has been approved as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada. January 1991 This Standard is an adoption of part of IS0 Standard 7372 and Part 4 of the United Nations The United Nations Standard Electronic Messages (UNSM) for both international and national The

42、Invoice Message should be used with other relevant documents as follows: Application and development of the UN Standard Invoice Message is explained in the Foreword. viii January 1991 UN/EDIFACT MESSAGE DESIGN GUIDELINES SECTION 0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION One of the key requirements before organisations

43、 can exchange administrative, commercial and transport information between their computers, without manual intervention, is agreement on the content and structure of the information to be transmitted. In EDIFACT, this is achieved by developing United Nations Standard Electronic Messages (UNSMs), for

44、 both national and international use. These guidelines are intended for:- . those who want to submit a draft message for registration as a new UNSM. To achieve this status : - the proposed draft message must be for use at the international level (rather than solely for use at a National or Sectoral

45、level there must be no existing UNSM having a function identical (or nearly identical) with the proposed draft the proposers of the draft need to accept that if there is interest in the proposed message amongst other potential users in other sectors and/or countries, those users will wish to take pa

46、rt in and contribute to the development . those who wish to propose an amendment to an existing UNSM by means of a “Change Request“. (The procedures for maintenance, change requests and technical assessment will be found in Appendix 4 to these guidelines) . those who wish to design standard messages

47、 which do not qualify for UNSM status. (These could include messages for use at an international level, but only within an identifiable sector - for example a specific industry. Similarly, messages for use only in National applications - which could, for example be for National Customs systems; and

48、for messages designed for Private Sector applications.) The guidelines have several goals:- . to introduce the EDIFACT Syntax Rules for those who have not encountered them earlier 1 to propose a uniform technique for the development of standard messages for use at different levels and in different a

49、pplications to recommend a standard layout and presentation for documentation specifying ED1 messages to recommend consistent techniques for designing new messages, or for modifying existing messages. The guidelines relate to work carried out by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Working Party Number 4 (UN/ECE/WP.4) and the International Standards Organisation (ISO), known as EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport). It is essential that newcomers to the EDIFACT standards should familiarise themselves with the supporting doc