MIT Message Identification

To identify the beginning of a specific message and to allow the identification of a subject for the message

Position: MIT-01 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 50 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

MIT01 contains the message number.

Position: MIT-02 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

MIT02 contains the message subject.

Position: MIT-03 · Element: 931 · Name: Page Width · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Definition of the maximum number of characters per line that can be expected in the message text

MIT03 default is 80 characters.

Position: MIT-04 · Element: 932 · Name: Page Length Lines · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Definition of the maximum number of lines per page that can be expected in the message text

MIT04 default is 66 lines.