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EDIFACT Index EDIFACT ........................................ ........................................ ....................................... 1 Definition of UN/ EDIFACT ........................................ ........................................ ...... 2 EDIFACT syntax overview ........................................ ........................................ ... 2 Structure of an interchange ........................................ ........................................ .... 2 Structure of a message ........................................ ........................................ ........... 3 Segment 4 Separators ........................................ ........................................ ............................... 4 Compression of data ........................................ ........................................ .............. 5 Representation of numeric values ........................................ .................................. 6 Character 7 Directory status, version and release.

Segments starting with "UN" are called service segments. They constitute the envelope or the "packing" of the EDIFACT messages. User data segments contain the …