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RE: <TECH> I65 Repetition Separator
I disagree with the statement, "A repeating data element would occur in a
data segment or in a composite data structure." Or maybe it just sounds
unclear.
To clarify, I'd point out that at the _segment_level_, any type of element
(simple or composite) can be defined to repeat. Component elements (ie.
simple data elements within a composite) cannot be defined as repeating
within the confines of the composite.
Best regards,
Bill Chessman, SMTS
Peregrine Systems, Inc. E-markets Group
-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 2:41 PM
To:
Cc: William J. Kammerer (E-mail 2)
Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> I65 Repetition Separator
Andy,
For more guidance on this please go to the Design Rules & Guidelines which
are included in the X12 Standards book. Section 2.7 Repeating Data Elements
should help to answer your questions.
I would insert the verbiage here, but I do not have the latest version of
the standards in softcopy and Section 2.7 is much too lengthy to manually
type all of it into this message.
A repeating data element would occur in a data segment or in a composite
data structure. When an element is using as a repeating data element a
repetition designator must be used. Section 3.7.3.3 of X12.6 Application
Control Structure defines a repetition designator. Basically it's an element
that indicates the maximum number of occurrences of the simple data element
or the composite data structure. The repetition designator can also indicate
that a repeating element may occur no more than once, or contain a specific
value greater than one.
Rachel Foerster
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