Paula, In the strict definition of the UNOA and UNOB (I found them in the
ISO 9735 Version 2--a version of the syntax used by UN/EDIFACT), the "@"
character is not defined. These character sets were defined, I believe, in
Europe where, until e-mail became a big thing, the "@" character was not in
common use.
ISO 9735 Version 3 added four new character sets (UNOC, UNOD, UNOE and
UNOF) to the character set repertoire. Each utilizes the 7-bit ASCII
character representations for the lower 128 (of the 256 single-byte
characters) and "@" is defined in all four sets. Unless you are using the
"@" as a separator ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]" doesn't count), you shouldn't need
the UNA.
Best regards
Bill Chessman, SMTS
Peregrine Systems, Inc. (formerly Harbinger)
On 26-Oct-2000 Paula Cadle wrote:
>
> In EDIFACT message IFTMIN version D.99A, I wish to send email addresses.
> I have found, using Foresight's Analyzer tool, that the UNOA and UNOB
> character/syntax sets throw a warning at the "@" sign in the email
> address. Using the combination of UNOC and UNA segments, the message is
> making it through Analyzer without a warning. The final check of running
> the data through our translator has not occurred.
>
> As I am not very familiar with EDIFACT, are there other ways to use
> special characters in EDIFACT messages without generating syntax
> warnings?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Paula Cadle
>
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