UN/EDIFACT UN/CEFACT Message and Segment Directory

<center><a target="_top" href="http://xmlpipelineserver.com" alt="Download XML Pipeline Server"><img border="0" src="/images/xml-pipeline-server-edifact.jpg"></a></center> <p align=right> <a target="_top" href="/edifact/frames.htm">Frames</a> | <a target="_top" href="/edifact/frames.htm">No Frames</a> </p> <table border=0 width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"> <a class="FrameDetailFont" href="/edifact/">Return to Stylus Studio EDIFACT home page.</a><br> <BR> <H1>EDIFACT Message and Segment Directory</H1> <p>EDIFACT and X12 are the most common and widely-used vocabularies of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). This website covers the EDIFACT vocabulary.</p> <p>For an overview of all of the messages supported across all of the various versions, see <a href="http://www.stylusstudio.com/edi/EDIFACT_standard.html">EDIFACT Standards Available Across All Versions</a>.</p> <p>EDIFACT transmissions are broken up into pieces called <i>messages</i>, <i>segments</i>, and <i>elements</i>. The various encoded values are listed in <i>code lists</i>.</p> <p>This page is a jumping-off point for exploring the definitions of these structures related to the EDIFACT standard. You can think of these as <a href="/edifact/frames.htm">EDIFACT javadocs</a>.</p> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="4"><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD WIDTH="*"> <H2 CLASS="FrameTitleFont">UN/EDIFACT Service Segment and Code List Specifications</H2> <p> <TABLE BORDER="1"> <TR> <TH COLSPAN="2" CLASS="V4X" ALIGN="CENTER">Syntax Version 4</TH> <TH COLSPAN="2" CLASS="V3X" ALIGN="CENTER">Syntax Version 3</TH> <TH ROWSPAN="2" CLASS="V0X">Issue Date</TH> </TR> <TR> <TH CLASS="V4X">Segment</TH><TH CLASS="V4X">Code List</TH> <TH CLASS="V3X">Segment</TH><TH CLASS="V3X">Code List</TH> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V41" ROWSPAN="3" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="40100/messages.htm">Release 4.1</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V41"><A HREF="40102/codelist.htm">40102</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30" ROWSPAN="17" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="30000/messages.htm">Release 3.0</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="03B/codelist.htm">03B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Dec-09-2003</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V41"><A HREF="40101/codelist.htm">40101</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="03A/codelist.htm">03A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">May-25-2003</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V41"><A HREF="40102/codelist.htm">40100</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="02B/codelist.htm">02B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Feb-28-2002</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40" ROWSPAN="8" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="40000/messages.htm">Release 4.0</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40007/codelist.htm">40007</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="02A/codelist.htm">02A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">May-23-2002</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40006/codelist.htm">40006</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="01C/codelist.htm">01C</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Dec-02-2001</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40005/codelist.htm">40005</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="01B/codelist.htm">01B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">May-19-2001</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40004/codelist.htm">40004</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="01A/codelist.htm">01A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Nov-05-2000</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40003/codelist.htm">40003</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="00B/codelist.htm">00B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Jun-28-2000</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40002/codelist.htm">40002</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="00A/codelist.htm">00A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Apr-25-2000</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40001/codelist.htm">40001</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="99B/codelist.htm">99B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Oct-15-1999</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V40"><A HREF="40000/codelist.htm">40000</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="99A/codelist.htm">99A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">May-01-1999</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="6" COLSPAN="2"> </TD> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="97A/codelist.htm">97A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Mar-21-1997</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="96B/codelist.htm">96B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Sep-20-1996</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="96A/codelist.htm">96A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Nov-17-1995</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="95B/codelist.htm">95B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Jul-07-1995</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="94B/codelist.htm">94B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Sep-23-1994</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V30"><A HREF="94A/codelist.htm">94A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00">Sep-23-1994</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </p> <HR> <H2 CLASS="FrameTitleFont">UN/CEFACT Message, Segment and Code List Specifications</H2> <TABLE BORDER="1"> <TR> <TH CLASS="V0X">Message</TH> <TH CLASS="V0X">Segment</TH> <TH CLASS="V0X">Code List</TH> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V00"><A HREF="D04B/messages.htm" TITLE="Release 2004B Messages">D04B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00"><A HREF="D04B/segments.htm" TITLE="Release 2004B Segments">D04B</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00"><A HREF="D04B/codelist.htm" TITLE="Release 2004B Code Lists">D04B</A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="V00"><A HREF="D04A/messages.htm" TITLE="Release 2004A Messages">D04A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00"><A HREF="D04A/segments.htm" TITLE="Release 2004A Segments">D04A</A></TD> <TD CLASS="V00"><A 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