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EDIFACT

The EDIFACT data services implement the EDIFACT international electronic data interchange standard maintained by the United Nations.

EDIFACT message structure

An EDIFACT message contains segments and fields that are separated by a hierarchy of delimiters, such as in the following example:

UNA:+,? '
UNB+UNOA:2+BANESTO+TELEFONICA DE ESPAÑA S.A.+050321:1204+0030200503211'
UNH+20050321120412+BANSTA:098:96A:UN'
BGM+XZ8+20050321120412+9'
DTM+137:20050321:102'
RFF+ACW:20050321113331'
DTM+171:20050321:102'
LIN+1'
SEQ+YF2+1'
GIS+1'
DTM+140:20050321:102'
MOA+9:0,00'
CNT+2:1'
CNT+X27:1'
AUT+INTERV49         107835'
UNT+14+20050321120412'
UNZ+1+0030200503211'

EDIFACT message in XML format

The EDIFACT parser data services can convert EDIFACT messages into XML format. The following example shows an EDIFACT message in XML format:

<interchange>
  <delimiters>
    <field_separator>+</field_separator>
    <segment_separator>'</segment_separator>
    <composite_separator>:</composite_separator>
    <escape_character>?</escape_character>
  </Delimiters>
  <UNA>
    <R01>:</R01>
    <R02>+</R02>
    <R03>,</R03>
    <R04>?</R04>
    <R05 />
    <R06>'</R06>
  </UNA>
  <UNB>
    <R01>
      <R01>UNOA</R01>
      <R02>2</R02>
    </R01>
    <R02>
      <R01>BANESTO</R01>
    </R02>

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EDIFACT message structure

EDIFACT message in XML format