Re: 997 and 864

[Brunnock, Andy]

Hmmm. Think I have to disagree there.   An ‘accepted’ 997 (or EDIFACT CONTRL message) is an acknowledgement that the original document had no EDI syntactic anomalies and that its structure was understood by the receiving translation/transformation engine. So saying that a text message could be read is valid. The 997 does not say anything about whether the content is useful or makes sense to the target audience (be that a person or an application).   Andy Andy Brunnock Senior eBusiness Consultant COMPAQ Global Services 5310 Harvest Hill Road Suite 200 Dallas, TX 75230 USA   Phone: +1 972-702-4237 Fax: +1 972-702-4493 Pager: +1 800-759-8888 pin 1138240 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alphanumeric) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]       -----Original Message----- From: Lee LoFrisco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 997 and 864   The purpose of the 864 is to convey a message in a human-readable form.  The data contained in the 864 is not intended to be processed electronically.   The 997 is to used to convey back to the trading partner the status of a received message (accepted, rejected, .... etc.), and is intended to be processed electronically.   The industry standard is not to use the 997 for common messages. -----Original Message----- From: Electronic Data Interchange Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Linda Holden Givens Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 997 and 864 Would a 997 Functional Acknowledgement and 864 Text Message be feasible to use for a Common Message? Linda Holden Givens (253) 288-9962hm (206) 790-1737cell   Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.