The REF segment I am familiar with is for reference information. It contains such elements as vendor, department and promotion numbers.
Sincerely, Jason McMahon 8079 Village Drive Cincinnati, OH 45242-4315 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] http://gutausse.weebly.com/articles.html <http://gutausse.blogspot.com> http://gutausse.blogspot.com <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-mcmahon/11/743/51b> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-mcmahon/11/743/51b You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Earl Wertheimer Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:24 PM To: jimdivoky; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Effect of adding a new segment Jim What document is this? The RFF does not sound familiar. Quick answer: No changes, since I only parse segments that are needed. > Scenario: 800 pound gorilla sends an outbound message using established > EDI standards like X12 and EDIFACT. They add a second REF/RFF segment > within a repeating REF/RFF segment loop which currently contains one > mandatory segment as specified in their IG. The recipient does not > need to do anything with the new segment. > > Question: What percentage of the TPs receiving the message with the > additional REF/RFF segment would not have to make any changes to their > data structure and/or map? Earl Wertheimer [email protected] <mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> http://www.spe-edi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
