DIRDEF Directory definition

UN/ECE Secretariat

This Directory definition message (DIRDEF) permits the transfer of the contents of a UN/EDIFACT or American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Directory set or parts thereof.

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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 identify a directory and to give its release, status, controlling agency, language and maintenance operation.

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

  5. To provide free form or coded text information.

  6. Segment group 1
    Repeat 9

    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. Segment group 2
      Repeat 9

      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. Segment group 3
    Repeat 9999

    1. To identify a message type and to give its class and maintenance operation.

    2. To provide free form or coded text information.

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

    4. Segment group 4
      Repeat 999

      1. To specify the details of the usage of a segment within a message type structure.

      2. To provide free form or coded text information.

      3. Segment group 5
        Repeat 1

        1. To specify the usage of a segment group within a message type structure and its maintenance operation.

        2. To provide free form or coded text information.

  8. Segment group 6
    Repeat 9999

    1. To identify a segment and give its class and maintenance operation.

    2. To provide free form or coded text information.

    3. To specify the usage of a data element.

    4. To identify the direct relationship between the data/information contained in one segment and the data/information contained in one or more other segments.

  9. Segment group 7
    Repeat 9999

    1. To identify a composite data element and to give its class and maintenance operation.

    2. To provide free form or coded text information.

    3. To specify the usage of a data element.

  10. Segment group 8
    Repeat 9999

    1. To identify a simple data element and give related details.

    2. To provide free form or coded text information.

  11. Segment group 9
    Repeat 9999

    1. To identify a code set and to give its class and maintenance operation.

    2. To provide free form or coded text information.

    3. Segment group 10
      Repeat 9999

      1. To provide information related to a code value.

      2. To provide free form or coded text information.

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

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