BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 9735-2:2002 Electronic data interchange for administration. commerce and transport(EDIFACT)- Application level Syntax rules (Syntax version number: 4, Syntax release number: 1) - Part 2: Syntax rules specific to batch EDI ICS 35.240.60 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS ISO 9735-2:2002 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 9735-2:2002 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee IDT/2/20, Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration,whichhastheresponsibilityto: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enguiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard, having been prepared under the Summary of pages direction of the DISC Board, This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the IsO title page, was published under the authority of the Standards pages ii to v, a blank page, pages 1 to 4, an inside back cover and a back cover. Policy and Strategy Committee The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the on22July2002 documentwas last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments @BSI 22 July 2002 ISBN 0 580401006 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 9735-2 Second edition 2002-07-01 Electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport (EDIFAcT) — Application level syntax rules (Syntax version number: 4, Syntax release number: 1)— Part 2: Syntax rules specific to batch EDl Echange de donnees informatisepour I'administration,lecommerceet le transport (EDIFACT)Reglesde syntaxeau niveaudeI'application (numero de version de syntaxe: 4, numero d'edition de syntaxe:1)- Partie2:Regles de syntaxe spécifiques a I'EDIparlots Referencenumber ISO 9735-2:2002(E) O ISO9735-2:2002(E) ii ISO9735-2:2002(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO memberbodies).TheworkofpreparingInternationalStandardsisnormallycarriedoutthroughIsOtechnica committees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeenestablishedhas liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. sO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 3. by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of themember bodies castinga vote. rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. IsO9735-2waspreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeIsO/TC154,Processes,dataelementsanddocumentsin (JSWG). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (IsO 9735-2:1998). However IsO 9735:1988 and its Amendment 1:1992 are provisionally retained for the reasons given in clause 2. Furthermore, for maintenance reasons the Syntax service directories have been re