Datatypes

UN/EDIFACT message type

ID edifact_message_type

DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft

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Six-letter code that names a standard message of UN/EDIFACT, the United Nations rules for electronic data interchange in trade, transport and administration, for example ORDERS for a purchase order or INVOIC for an invoice. The code is written in the message header (UNH segment) together with the directory version. UN/CEFACT publishes the message types in each release of the UN/EDIFACT directories.

Categories
E-commerce
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
AutoType benchmark
EDIFACT_correct
Quality
100/100
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
Auto-Type

Regular expression

^[A-Z]{6}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
ORDERSPurchase order message
INVOICInvoice message
DESADVDespatch advice message
APERAKApplication error and acknowledgement message
ORDER invalidFive letters
orders invalidLowercase

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
RussianТип сообщения UN/EDIFACTКод из шести заглавных букв, обозначающий стандартное сообщение UN/EDIFACT, например ORDERS (заказ) или INVOIC (счёт).

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