S306 Interactive message identifier

Identification of the type, version and details of the message being interchanged.

Position: 010 · Element: 0065 · Name: Message type · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a type of message and assigned by its controlling agency.

In UNSMs (United Nations Standard Messages), the representation is a6.

Position: 020 · Element: 0052 · Name: Message version number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Version number of a message type.

Position: 030 · Element: 0054 · Name: Message release number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Release number within the current message version number.

Position: 040 · Element: 0113 · Name: Message type sub-function identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a sub-function of a message type.

The code qualifies the message type data element (0065) to allow the recipient to identify a specific sub-function of a message.

Position: 050 · Element: 0051 · Name: Controlling agency, coded · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a controlling agency.

Position: 060 · Element: 0057 · Name: Association assigned code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Code, assigned by the association responsible for the design and maintenance of the message type concerned, which further identifies the message.

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