Pete is correct on UCS, did a little research and IBM has a good peace on interchanges.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v6r2mx/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wpg.entadv.doc/config/hub/edi_interchange_struct.html Stephen --- In [email protected], Pete Austin <paustin@...> wrote: > > Nope. That is not correct. Mailbag standards are something else. > > A long time ago there were a number of competing standards. I *think* that > this was for the grocery industry UCS or UCS/WINS. There was also an ICS > header that I think ended with an ICA. X12 won out over time and they > slowly migrated these standards into X12 in the earlier versions of X12, > somewhere around Version 2003. > > Perhaps the bigger question is, why you care? > > Pete > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Stephen <casest@...> wrote: > > > I had been told almost 20 years ago that it was called a Mail Bag wrapper, > > historically used by the vans back in the day when transactions at the van > > level were also bundled and then sent. That said I'm starting to wonder if > > that description is correct, because as it was explained to me the > > structure should go BG.ISA.GS.ST...SE.GE.IEA.ISA.GS.ST...SE.GE.IEA.EG. > > > > Stephen > > > > --- In [email protected], "webgenealogist" <harold.dewayne@> wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone else seen this before????? > > > > > > BG*SND*RCVR*SND*RCVR*130516*1103*00163~ > > > GS*FA*SND*RCVR*20130516*1103*163*X*005010~ > > > ST*997*1630001~ > > > AK1*SR*57950~ > > > AK2*404*579500001~ > > > AK5*A~ > > > AK9*A*1*1*1~ > > > SE*6*1630001~ > > > GE*1*163~ > > > EG*00163*1*1*6~ > > > > > > I just saw this on a Kleinschmidt site and I cannot for the life of me > > figure out where the BG and EG come from. > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > ... > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > [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/
