I agree a lot of users do what I call syntax checking based on an IG and
report back in a 997. By this I mean checking structure: Are the expected
segments and fields present?; code validation: Are the codes used
acceptable? If this is what you mean by reporting against an IG then I
would agree that many EDI users do this. Unfortunately many IGs include
pages of business rules and many notes throughout the segment details that
are not and cannot be handled by a 997. I don't know what question was
asked of the attendees but they are not using the 997 to fully report
against most IGs I have seen including federal government IGs.
Jim Divoky
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From: "Jonathan Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jim Divoky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: Dual 997's
> Jim,
>
> > The comment I was interested in was the 90% one which I suspect is far
> > from actual usage.
>
> When we held an Open Forum way back in Anaheim to ask the general X12
> community whether they wanted to go with the 997, the 824 or a new
> custom TS to do this kind of acknowledgement, the overwhelming response
> from the room was that 997s were always used for that purpose today.
> These were not just X12C people, but people from government, insurance,
> education, supply chain and so on.
>
> > I'm still waiting for someone to reference a major EDI user where an
> > IG is used to generate a 997.
>
> The Federal Government for a start ! Every transaction processed over
> the DEBX network is checked against the government IG. HIPAA, as Rachel
> pointed out to us yesterday, is another example.
>
> Jonathan
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