GENRAL General purpose

Joint Rapporteurs Message Design Group JM2

A message to enable the transmission of textual information.

Header

1. 0010 · UNH · Message header · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To head, identify and specify a message.

2. 0020 · BGM · Beginning of message · Max 1 · Mandatory

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

3. 0030 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 1 · Conditional

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

4. Segment group 1 Repeat 10

   1. 0050 · RFF · Reference · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify a reference.

   2. 0060 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 10 · Conditional

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

5. Segment group 2 Repeat 2

   1. 0080 · NAD · Name and address · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.

   2. 0090 · LOC · Place/location identification · Max 5 · Conditional

      To identify a place or a location and/or related locations.

   3. Segment group 3 Repeat 10

      1. 0110 · RFF · Reference · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To specify a reference.

      2. 0120 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 10 · Conditional

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

   4. Segment group 4 Repeat 5

      1. 0140 · CTA · Contact information · Max 1 · Mandatory

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

      2. 0150 · COM · Communication contact · Max 1 · Conditional

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

6. Segment group 5 Repeat 100

   1. 0170 · FTX · Free text · Max 1 · Mandatory

      To provide free form or coded text information.

   2. Segment group 6 Repeat 100

      1. 0190 · NAD · Name and address · Max 1 · Mandatory

         To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.

      2. 0200 · LOC · Place/location identification · Max 5 · Conditional

         To identify a place or a location and/or related locations.

      3. Segment group 7 Repeat 10

         1. 0220 · RFF · Reference · Max 1 · Mandatory

            To specify a reference.

         2. 0230 · DTM · Date/time/period · Max 10 · Conditional

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

      4. Segment group 8 Repeat 5

         1. 0250 · CTA · Contact information · Max 1 · Mandatory

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

         2. 0260 · COM · Communication contact · Max 5 · Conditional

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

7. 0270 · UNT · Message trailer · Max 1 · Mandatory

   To end and check the completeness of a message.