EFI Electronic Format Identification

To provide basic information about the electronic format of the interchange data

Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
EFI-01
Security Level Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
2
1
Code indicating the level of confidentiality assigned by the sender to the information following
EFI-02
Free-form Message Text
String (AN)
Optional
1
264
1
Free-form message text
EFI-03
Security Technique Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
2
2
1
Code indicating that this element will be used to tell an EDI translator program which security technique to use
EFI-04
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
1
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-05
Program Identifier
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
1
Identifies the name of the software program from which the technical data originates
C0504: If EFI-05 is present, then EFI-04 is required
EFI-06
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
1
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-07
Interchange Format
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
1
Industry or proprietary standard used to identify the format of the data
C0706: If EFI-07 is present, then EFI-06 is required
EFI-08
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
1
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
EFI-09
Compression Technique
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
1
Identifies the digital data compression means and the type
C0908: If EFI-09 is present, then EFI-08 is required
EFI-10
Drawing Sheet Size Code
String (AN)
Optional
2
2
1
Code indicating the drawing size and orientation of a technical drawing as specified and described in the current version of standards ANSI Y14.1 and ISO 5457 (E); see the listed ANSI and ISO standards for the maximum lengths for rolled sheets *
EFI-11
File Name
String (AN)
Optional
1
64
1
Name assigned or declared for a file or used by a program to identify a file; exact format of the name depends on the computer operating system being used; name also may be known as the file's "data set name"
EFI-12
Block Type
String (AN)
Optional
1
4
1
Organization of a data block such as fixed length, variable length, spanned, etc. Synonym for "data format"
EFI-13
Record Length
Numeric (N)
Optional
1
15
1
Quantity of characters or bytes in a record. Synonyms are "logical record length" and "record size"
EFI-14
Block Length
Numeric (N)
Optional
1
5
1
Quantity of data elements in a block, usually specified in units such as records, words or characters; synonym for "block size"
EFI-15
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
1
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
P1516: If either EFI-15 or EFI-16 is present, then the other is required
EFI-16
Filter ID Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
3
3
1
Code specifying the type of filter used to convert data code values

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