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UN/EDIFACT
UNITED NATIONS STANDARD MESSAGE (UNSM)
Availability response - interactive message
| Version: | D |
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| Release: | 99A |
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| Contr. Agency: | UN |
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| Revision: | 3 |
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| Date: | 99-01-14 |
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| SOURCE: | Joint Rapporteurs Message Design Group - JM10 |
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CONTENTS
Availability response - interactive message
- INTRODUCTION
- SCOPE
- Functional definition
- Field of application
- Principles
- REFERENCES
- TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Standard terms and definitions
- MESSAGE DEFINITION
- Data segment clarification
- Data segment index (alphabetical sequence)
- Message structure
- Segment table
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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.6, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction
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This message also occurs in the following versions of this standard:
D98A, D99A, D99B, D00A, D00B, D01A, D01B, D01C, D02A, D02B, D03A, D03B, D04A, D04B |
0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Availability response - interactive message (AVLRSP) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1. Functional Definition
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Availability Response is sent by a service provider in response to an availability request for a Travel, Tourism and Leisure service. The Travel, Tourism and Leisure Availability Request - interactive (AVLREQ) is utilised to provide an interactive request for which the interactive availability response is used to respond.
1.2. Field of Application
The Availability response - interactive message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.
1.3. Principles
AVLRSP may be used for the following functions within the Interactive Scenario for Travel, Tourism and Leisure:
(1) to respond to a general availability request for any hotel, rental car, train trip, airline flight, or tour in a specific city or geographical region for a date or range of dates. The response may include products from multiple service providers and multiple classes of service, car types, room types as is appropriate to the product.
(2) to respond to availability for one or more specific hotels, rental cars, train trips, airline flights, or tours for a specific date. Along with the availability, the response may include rates, rules, and specific information about the product.
(3) to respond only with rules and rates for a specific product.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1. Standard terms and definitions
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1. Data Segment Clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment Table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.
0010 | UIH, Interactive message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Availability response - interactive message is AVLRSP. | Note: Availability response - interactive messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UIH, composite S306:
0020 MSD, Message action details
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.) and business function of the message. 0030 NUN, Number of units
Number and identifying qualifier to indicate number of adults or children pertaining to the entire response. 0040 PLI, Product location information
A segment to indicate the location by geographic area, reference point, or direction. 0050 ADS, Address
Address of the product. 0060 + NME, Name
A name associated with the product. 0070 SDT, Selection details
Criteria which was used to select the available products or services. 0080 TIF, Traveller information
The traveller or traveller group for whom these products or services are available. 0090 CRI, Consumer reference information
The consumer reference information related to the available products or services. 0100 PMT, Payment information
The payment information which applies to all of the available products or services. 0110 CMN, Commission information
Information concerning the amount of commission that will be paid if a service or product is booked. 0120 ITM, Item number
A number associated to all of the available products. 0130 RUL, Rule information
Rule and policy information that applies to all the available products. 0140 DTI, Date and time information
A segment to specify the hours of operation for an available product or service. 0150 IFT, Interactive free text
Free or coded text information that applies to all the available products. 0160 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to special services or requirements relating to all the available products. 0170 CUR, Currencies
A currency code that applies to all the rates and tariffs. 0180 Segment Group 1: ERI-IFTThis segment group provides error information that relates to the entire message. 0190 ERI, Application error information
Error condition data pertaining to the entire response. 0200 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form text data pertaining to the preceding error condition. 0210 Segment Group 2: ODS-IFTThis segment group provides facility information for a product or service. 0220 + ODS, Additional product details
This segment provides facility information for a product or service location. 0230 + IFT, Interactive free text
This segment provides free text information for the facilities. RUL-DAV-SG4-SG6-SG11 This segment group provides information regarding a specific product, including its policies and the amenities and services 0250 PRD, Product identification
A specific product, such as a hotel, car rental location, or tour code and characteristics of the product. 0260 ADS, Address
The address of the product. 0270 PLI, Product location information
The geographic location of the product, including direction, distance, and driving time. 0280 CON, Contact information
Contact information, such as, phone number or fax number for this product or service. 0290 SSR, Special requirement details
Special features and amenities of the product. 0300 ITM, Item number
An item number related to the product for requesting additional information. 0310 MOV, Car delivery instruction
If the product is a car rental, this segment provides information about car delivery and chauffeur service. 0320 TFF, Tariff information
Rate ranges relating to the product. 0330 CUR, Currencies
The currency code for the rates for a product. 0340 PMT, Payment information
Forms of payment for a specific product. 0350 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text relating to the product. 0360 RUL, Rule information
Rule and policy information pertaining to the availability of the product. 0370 DAV, Daily availability
A segment which indicates the availability of the product for a thirty day period. 0380 Segment Group 4: PDT-ITM-IFT-SG5This segment group provides information concerning the availability of a specific car type, room type, or class of service. 0390 PDT, Product information
The specific car type, room type, or class of service and the number available. 0400 ITM, Item number
An item number associated with the previous product information. 0410 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information associated with the car type, room type, or class of service. This segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning rules and policies for the rate and commission paid on the rate for a specific car type, room type, or class of service. 0430 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information for a specific product or service. 0440 ASD, Service details
Details for a service that is related to a specific rate. 0450 CMN, Commission information
Commission that will be paid if a specific rate is booked. 0460 PMT, Payment information
Payment information for a specific rate. 0470 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to a special service or requirement for a specific rate. 0480 RUL, Rule information
Rules and policy information, such as minimum rental or stay, start day of the week, deposits, etc., for a specific rate. This segment group provides information about the specific rate codes a particular product or service, including rules and restrictions, availability, and rate amounts. 0500 RTC, Rate types
Rate codes for a specific product or service. 0510 ITM, Item number
An item number associated to a specific rate code. 0520 RPI, Quantity and action details
The number of products that can be booked for this rate code and the action that can be taken. 0530 RUL, Rule information
Rule and policy information for a specific rate code. 0540 Segment Group 7: ERI-IFTThis segment group provides error information pertaining to a specific rate code. 0550 ERI, Application error information
Error data pertaining to the associated rate code. 0560 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment. 0570 Segment Group 8: TFF-ASD-CMN-RULThis segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning commission paid on that rate for a specific rate code. 0580 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information for a specific rate code. 0590 ASD, Service details
Details for a service that is related to a specific rate. 0600 CMN, Commission information
Commission that will be paid if a specific rate is booked. 0610 RUL, Rule information
Rules and policy information, such as minimum rental or stay, start day of the week, deposits, etc., for a specific rate. This segment group provides information concerning the availability of a specific car type, room type, or class of service for a specific rate code. 0630 PDT, Product information
The specific car type, room type, or class of service and the number available. 0640 ITM, Item number
An item number associated with the previous information. 0650 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information associated with the car type, room type, or class of service. 0660 Segment Group 10: TFF-ASD-CMN-RULThis segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning rules and policies for the rate and commission paid on the rate for a specific car type, room type, or class of service. 0670 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information for a specific car type, room type, or class of service. 0680 ASD, Service details
Details for a service that is related to a specific class of product or service. 0690 CMN, Commission information
Commission that will be paid if a specific class of product or service is booked. 0700 RUL, Rule information
Rules and policy information for a specific class of product or service. 0710 Segment Group 11: RTI-SG12This segment group provides information about a category of rate products. 0720 RTI, Rate details
A segment to specify rate categories, such as, standard, maximum, minimum, and promotional. This segment group provides information about the specific rates in a given category, including rules and restrictions, availability, and rate amounts. 0740 RTC, Rate types
Rate codes for specific rate categories. 0750 ITM, Item number
An item number associated to a specific rate code. 0760 RPI, Quantity and action details
The number of products that can be booked for this rate code and the action that can be taken. 0770 RUL, Rule information
Rules and policy information for a specific rate code. 0780 Segment Group 13: ERI-IFTThis segment group provides error information pertaining to the associated rate code. 0790 ERI, Application error information
Error data pertaining to the associated rate code. 0800 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment. This segment group provides information concerning the availability of a specific car type, room type, or class of service. 0820 PDT, Product information
The number available for a specific product or service class for specific rate code. 0830 ITM, Item number
An item number associated with previous product or service class. 0840 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information associated with the product or service class. This segment group provides information about the rate amount as well as information concerning rules and policies for the rate, commission paid for booking a product or service class, associated payment information, and details about special services. 0860 TFF, Tariff information
Tariff information for a specific product or service class. 0870 ASD, Service details
Details for a service that is related to a specific rate. 0880 CMN, Commission information
Commission that will be paid if a specific rate is booked. 0890 PMT, Payment information
Payment information for a specific rate. 0900 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to a special service or requirement for a specific rate. 0910 RUL, Rule information
Rules and policy information governing the availability of a specific rate. This segment group provides information about a product or service, the availability, special services, and pointer to indicate the level of the service. 0930 TVL, Travel product information
Information identifying the product or service (service provider, service location, date of service, service description, etc.). 0940 MSD, Message action details
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.). 0950 LKP, Level indication
To specify the level and key for this product or service as it relates to other segments in the message. 0960 PDT, Product information
The specific car type, room type, or class of service and the number available for each. 0970 SSR, Special requirement details
Details pertaining to a special service or requirement for a product of service. 0980 RTI, Rate details
Rate categories for a specific product. 0990 Segment Group 17: ERI-IFTThis segment group provides error information pertaining to the product or service. 1000 ERI, Application error information
Error data pertaining to the associated product or service. 1010 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment. 1020 Segment Group 18: ODI-MSD-SG19This segment group provides information identifying the travel product or service but groups the travel products by the entire journey. 1030 ODI, Origin and destination details
A segment providing the origin and destination of a Travel, tourism and Leisure (TT&L) journey. 1040 MSD, Message action details
A segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.). This segment group provides information pertaining to the travel product or service which related to the preceding journey information. 1060 TVL, Travel product information
Information identifying the product or service (service provider, service location, date of service, service description, etc.). 1070 PDT, Product information
To specify the classes of service and the availability of each. 1080 APD, Additional transport details
A segment providing additional data relating to the preceding TVL segment (i.e. aircraft type, number of stops, on time performance, gate description, etc.). 1090 NUN, Number of units
Number and identifying qualifier relating to the product or service. 1100 IFT, Interactive free text
Free text information related to a product or service. 1110 TRF, Traffic restriction details
Restrictions that may apply to this product or service. 1120 RTI, Rate details
Rate categories for a specific product or service. 1130 Segment Group 20: ERI-IFTThis segment group provides error information pertaining to the product or service. 1140 ERI, Application error information
Error data pertaining to the associated product or service. 1150 IFT, Interactive free text
Free form or coded text data pertaining to the preceding ERI segment. 1160 UIT, Interactive message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message and the control reference number of the message.
4.2. Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)
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ADS |
Address |
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APD |
Additional transport details |
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ASD |
Service details |
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CMN |
Commission information |
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CON |
Contact information |
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CRI |
Consumer reference information |
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CUR |
Currencies |
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DAV |
Daily availability |
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DTI |
Date and time information |
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ERI |
Application error information |
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IFT |
Interactive free text |
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ITM |
Item number |
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LKP |
Level indication |
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MOV |
Car delivery instruction |
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MSD |
Message action details |
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NME |
Name |
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NUN |
Number of units |
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ODI |
Origin and destination details |
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ODS |
Additional product details |
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PDT |
Product information |
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PLI |
Product location information |
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PMT |
Payment information |
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PRD |
Product identification |
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RPI |
Quantity and action details |
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RTC |
Rate types |
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RTI |
Rate details |
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RUL |
Rule information |
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SDT |
Selection details |
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SSR |
Special requirement details |
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TFF |
Tariff information |
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TIF |
Traveller information |
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TRF |
Traffic restriction details |
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TVL |
Travel product information |
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UIH |
Interactive message header |
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UIT |
Interactive message trailer |
4.3. Message structure
4.3.1. Segment table
| ├─UIH Interactive message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─MSD Message action details | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─NUN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─PLI Product location information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─ADS Address | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─NME Name | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─SDT Selection details | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─TIF Traveller information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─CRI Consumer reference information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─RUL Rule information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─DTI Date and time information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─SSR Special requirement details | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─CUR Currencies | ×9 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 2 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─ODS Additional product details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 3 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─PRD Product identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─ADS Address | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─PLI Product location information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─CON Contact information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─SSR Special requirement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─MOV Car delivery instruction | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─CUR Currencies | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─DAV Daily availability | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 4 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 5 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│───├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─SSR Special requirement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 6 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RTC Rate types | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RPI Quantity and action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 7 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─Segment Group 8 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─│─├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─│─└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 9 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│───├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─│───└─Segment Group 10 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─────├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─────├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─────├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─────└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 11 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─RTI Rate details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─Segment Group 12 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────├─RTC Rate types | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─RPI Quantity and action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────├─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────├─Segment Group 13 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─────│─├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────│─└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────└─Segment Group 14 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───────├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───────├─ITM Item number | ×1 | (C) |
| │───────├─IFT Interactive free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │───────└─Segment Group 15 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─────────├─TFF Tariff information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────────├─ASD Service details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────├─CMN Commission information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────├─PMT Payment information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────├─SSR Special requirement details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─────────└─RUL Rule information | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 16 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─TVL Travel product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─MSD Message action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─LKP Level indication | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─SSR Special requirement details | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─RTI Rate details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 17 | ×5 | (C) |
| │───├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 18 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─ODI Origin and destination details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─MSD Message action details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 19 | ×99 | (C) |
| │───├─TVL Travel product information | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─PDT Product information | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─APD Additional transport details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─NUN Number of units | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─TRF Traffic restriction details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─RTI Rate details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 20 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─────├─ERI Application error information | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─IFT Interactive free text | ×1 | (C) |
| └─UIT Interactive message trailer | ×1 | (M) |
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plus sign |
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An addition. |
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asterisk |
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Addition/substraction/change to a code entry for a particular data element. |
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hash or pound sign |
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Changes to names. |
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vertical bar |
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Changes to text for descriptions, notes and functions. |
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minus sign |
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A deletion. |
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letter X |
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Marked for deletion. |
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