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Only one character per delimiter can be used for the B2B-EDIFACT Protocol. Each delimiter value must be unique.The delimiters consist of two levels of separators and a terminator. The delimiters are an integral part of the transferred data stream. Delimiters are specified in the interchange header and may not be used in a data element value elsewhere in the interchange. From highest to lowest level, the separators and terminator are data element separator and sub-element separator, and segment terminator.
Table 12 Delimiter Fields UNA-010 Component Data Element Separator * :
(colon) Required. A single character that separates the component elements of a composite data element. UNA-020 Data Element Separator * +
(plus sign) Required. A unique character preceding each data element that is used to delimit data elements within segments. UNA-030 Decimal Separator * .
(period) Required. A unique character to indicate the decimal point for a decimal number. UNA-040 Release Character * ?
(question mark) Required. A single character, which overrides the meaning of the next character, allowing a separator character to appear within a data element. UNA-050 Repetition Separator (Syntax 4)* *
(asterix) Required. A single character that separates the instances of a repeating data element. UNA-060 Segment Terminator * ‘
(apostrophe) Required. A unique character appearing at the end of a segment to indicate the termination of the segment.
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