GENRAL General purpose

Joint Rapporteurs Message Design Group JM2

A message to enable the transmission of textual information.

Header

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To head, identify and specify a message.

  2. To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.

  3. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

  4. Segment group 1
    Repeat 10
    1. To specify a reference.

    2. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

  5. Segment group 2
    Repeat 2
    1. To specify the name/address and their related function, either by CO82 only and/or unstructured by CO58 or structured by CO80 thru 3207.

    2. To identify a country/place/location/related location one/related location two.

    3. Segment group 3
      Repeat 10
      1. To specify a reference.

      2. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

    4. Segment group 4
      Repeat 5
      1. To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

      2. To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.

  6. Segment group 5
    Repeat 100
    1. To provide free form or coded text information.

    2. Segment group 6
      Repeat 100
      1. To specify the name/address and their related function, either by CO82 only and/or unstructured by CO58 or structured by CO80 thru 3207.

      2. To identify a country/place/location/related location one/related location two.

      3. Segment group 7
        Repeat 10
        1. To specify a reference.

        2. To specify date, and/or time, or period.

      4. Segment group 8
        Repeat 5
        1. To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.

        2. To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.

  7. To end and check the completeness of a message.

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