X12.6 paragraph 3.2.2 states: 3.3.2 Extended Character Set An extended character set may be used by agreement between communicating parties and includes the lowercase letters, other special characters, national characters and select language characters.
The ñ and other characters used in non-English languages are listed as examples. Art Douglas Chief Consultant Blackwater Network 877-464-8915 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of randy0526 Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Compliance of Characters in Spanish Names Has anyone had an issue with compliance issues when a name is sent through the translator with a Spanish name? We are having issues with names coming in with the upper ~ (example ñ). Does ANSI X12 allow such characters? I thought these were EDIFACT based only. We currently are using the COVAST HIPAA Accelerator as the front end. ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
