EFI Electronic Format Identification

To provide basic information about the electronic format of the interchange data.

Position: EFI-01 · Element: 786 · Name: Security Level Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the level of confidentiality assigned by the sender to the information following.

Position: EFI-02 · Element: 933 · Name: Free-Form Message Text · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 264 · Repeat: -

Free-form message text.

Position: EFI-03 · Element: 797 · Name: Security Technique Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code indicating that this element will be used to tell an EDI translator program which security tehnique to use.

Position: EFI-04 · Element: 799 · Name: Version Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm.

Position: EFI-05 · Element: 802 · Name: Program Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Identifies the name of the software program from which the technical data originates.

If EFI05 is used then EFI04 must be used.

Position: EFI-06 · Element: 799 · Name: Version Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm.

Position: EFI-07 · Element: 801 · Name: Interchange Format · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Industry or proprietary standard used to identify the format of the data.

If EFI07 is used then EFI06 must be used.

Position: EFI-08 · Element: 799 · Name: Version Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm.

Position: EFI-09 · Element: 800 · Name: Compression Technique · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Identifies the digital data compression means and the type.

If EFI09 is used then EFI08 must be used.

Position: EFI-10 · Element: 789 · Name: Drawing Sheet Size Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the drawing size and orientation of a technical drawing as specified and described in the current version of standards ANSI Y14.1 and ISO 5457 (E). See the listed ANSI and ISO standards for the maximum lengths for rolled sheets.*

Position: EFI-11 · Element: 803 · Name: File Name · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 64 · Repeat: -

Name assigned or declared for a file or used by a program to identify a file. Exact format of the name depends on the computer operating system being used. Name also may be known as the file's ``data set name''.

Position: EFI-12 · Element: 804 · Name: Block Type · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Organization of a data block such as fixed length, variable length, spanned, etc. Synonym for ``data format''.

Position: EFI-13 · Element: 787 · Name: Record Length · Type: Numeric (N) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Quantity of characters or bytes in a record. Synonyms are ``logical record length'' and ``record size''.

Position: EFI-14 · Element: 788 · Name: Block Length · Type: Numeric (N) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 5 · Repeat: -

Quantity of data elements in a block, usually specified in units such as records, words or characters. Synonym for ``block size''.