70 -- FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 4010 TRANSACTIONS; 830R PLANNING SCHEDULE W/RELEASE CAPABILITY (SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS), ET AL.; The Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working Group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 4010. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transactions 830R -- Planning Schedule with Release Capability (Special Program Requirements), 848F -- Material Safety Data Sheet (Fully Structured), 848R -- Material Safety Data Sheet (Request), 848S -- Material Safety Data Sheet (Semi Structured), 848U -- Material Safety Data Sheet (Unstructured), 856N -- Ship/Notice Manifest (Notice of Availability), 846L Inventory Inquiry/Advice (Logistics Asset Support), 856R Ship Notice/Manifest (Shipment Status Material Returns), 856S Ship Notice/Manifest (Shipment Status), 861 Receiving Advice/Acceptance Certificate, 870N Order Status Report (Notice of Availability Reply) are available for public comment. Documents are available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/fededi/cbd.html and from anonymous FTP at snad.ncsl.nist.gov, directory pub/fededi/LFWG. The FTP login is anonymous and your E-Mail address should be entered as the password. Electronic comments are preferred and should be addressed to logfwg@edi.oti.disa.mil and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes August 27, 1998 (or 30 days from the date of publishing) Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working Group Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST-North, Room 458, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301) 975-3634. Posted 07/27/98 (W-SN228576).

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