United Nations Directories
for Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport
UN/EDIFACT
| United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport UN/EDIFACT |
Message Type : CONDRO Version : D Release : 23A Contr. Agency: UN Revision : 2 Date : 2023-07-21 SOURCE: TBG6 Architecture, Engineering and Construction CONTENTS Drawing organisation message 0. INTRODUCTION 1. SCOPE 1.1 Functional definition 1.2 Field of application 1.3 Principles 2. REFERENCES 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3.1 Standard terms and definitions 4. MESSAGE DEFINITION 4.1 Segment clarification 4.2 Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag) 4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM General Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. INTRODUCTION This specification provides the definition of the Drawing organisation message (CONDRO) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport. 1. SCOPE 1.1 Functional definition The message CONDRO is intended to describe the general (project) organisation and structure, valid for a whole project or environment. The whole process of exchanging engineering or CAD (Computer Aided Design) files between different parties within one project will be supported by EDIFACT messages. The message CONDRO is one of these messages. 1.2 Field of application The Drawing organisation message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry. The following descriptions refer to the exchange of engineering/CAD files, but do not exclude any other type of "native" files, e.g. files originating from software packages and tools like word- processing, spreadsheet, DTP (Desk Top Publishing), graphics and so on. 1.3 Principles CONDRO is the EDIFACT message to initiate the future exchange of engineering/CAD files, and does not consist of any engineering or graphical information. Its aim is to acquaint the participant of a project with the existing organisation, the used computer environment, the agreed conventions for structuring/naming the transferred data and in a second application to announce any changes to the above mentioned agreement. The exchange of all engineering and graphical information is administered by the EDIFACT message CONDRA (Drawing Administration). This information will be transferred by existing standard graphical exchange formats or native formats. Changes in the agreements and conventions should be minimised and be made at the beginning of a project or exchange process. Consequently it is not necessary to repeat the description of the files' organisation with every exchange of engineering/CAD files. This means not only a reduction of data volume at each exchange, but also avoiding the exchange of redundant data. 2. REFERENCES See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1. 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3.1 Standard terms and definitions See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2. 4. MESSAGE DEFINITION 4.1 Segment clarification This section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements. 00010 UNH, Message header A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Drawing organisation message is CONDRO. Note: Drawing organisation messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 CONDRO 0052 D 0054 23A 0051 UN 00020 BGM, Beginning of message A segment for unique identification of the Drawing organisation name, number and function. 00030 DTM, Date/time/period A segment specifying the dates relevant to this document; e.g. the date the agreement of the drawing organisation information in this message has been defined or redefined (in case of changes). 00040 AUT, Authentication result A segment used to authenticate the message by exchanging a password or some other form of identification agreed between the business partners. 00050 AGR, Agreement identification A segment will be used to identify the "type of agreement of the organisation of engineering or CAD files" that apply to the information given by this message. 00060 FTX, Free text A segment with free text information, in coded or clear form, used for any textual information. In computer to computer exchanges, such text will require the receiver to process this segment manually. 00070 Segment group 1: RFF-DOC-DTM-FTX A group of segments used for quoting references and their relevant dates applicable to the message. For the building industry the following recommendation is given: in the first occurrence of this segment group the project references, if relevant, should be given, in order to identify the project to which this message relates. In any later recurrence of this segment group, references to other messages (e.g. the original CONDRO when it is an update) or documents, relevant to this message, may be quoted. 00080 RFF, Reference A segment for quoting the unique references which can be the project number for which this message is relevant, or, in the case of a reference to another message or document, that message or document's unique identifier. 00090 DOC, Document/message details Document details for the reference quoted in the previous RFF segment. 00100 DTM, Date/time/period Date of a reference quoted in the previous RFF segment, e.g. project date or message/document date. 00110 FTX, Free text This segment can contain any textual information relevant to the reference quoted in the previous RFF segment, e.g. a small project or message/document description and/or other narrative, for additional information. 00120 Segment group 2: NAD-LOC-FTX-SG3-SG4 A group of segments identifying all the relevant parties with specific information about them that other business partner should know. 00130 NAD, Name and address A segment identifying name and address of a party, in coded or clear form, and its function relevant to the Drawing Organisation Message. This is to identify each partner involved in the future exchange of CAD files. It is recommended that where possible only the coded form of the party ID should be specified. 00140 LOC, Place/location identification A segment giving more specific location information of the party specified in the NAD segment e.g. internal site/building number. 00150 FTX, Free text A segment giving more specific location information of the party specified in the NAD segment e.g. internal site/building number. 00160 Segment group 3: RFF-CED-DTM This segment group has two functions: Firstly, it can be used to quote specific references for each partner for internal use. Examples of references: a partner may require a internal project number or a DP number. Secondly, the main function of this segment group, is to describe for each partner his internal computer environment, from the hardware platform and operating system to the software implemented. For each partner several environments may be described, as, particularly in large organisations, different environments can be in use simultaneously. Each environment will be identified through a unique reference number specific to that partner. 00170 RFF, Reference In this segment specific internal references will be quoted, as and if required. When this segment group is used to describe the computer environment, this segment which will specify the unique reference number by which, in future, the following computer environment details for this party can be identified. 00180 CED, Computer environment details By repeating this segment, it will describe, at each occurrence, one of the party's computer environments, identified in the previous RFF segment. The computer environment details will consist of, for example, hardware platform, operating system, software in use, converter etc. 00190 DTM, Date/time/period A segment specifying the date and/or time details related to the environment details. 00200 Segment group 4: CTA-COM-LOC A group of segments giving contact details of the specific person or department within the party identified in the NAD segment. 00210 CTA, Contact information A segment to identify a person or department, and their function, to whom communications should be directed. 00220 COM, Communication contact A segment to identify a communication type and number for the contact specified in the CTA segment. 00230 LOC, Place/location identification This segment specifies the location of the contact described in the previous CTA segment. In large organisations and construction projects it is possible that persons are not necessarily on the same internal site or construction site specified in the previous LOC segment in segment group 2. This segment also enables the specification of a more accurate internal site location. 00240 Segment group 5: DOC-INP-RFF-MEA-SG6 In this segment group a "contractual document" can be described that is relevant to a certain project or project phase. A contractual document consists of one or more computer files which be quoted and linked by a file identification to the corresponding contractual document. 00250 DOC, Document/message details This segment will give the document details of the contractual document. 00260 INP, Parties and instruction This segment conveys for each receiver instructions of what to do with the contractual document. 00270 RFF, Reference A segment to indicate the unique reference number of the contractual document. 00280 MEA, Measurements This segment will give details about the scale used in the contractual document. 00290 Segment group 6: EFI-CED-DTM In this segment group files may be identified which will form part of the previously quoted contractual document. These computer files are external ones which will not necessarily be part of the exchange of the message. 00300 EFI, External file link identification This segment will identify each file, that is part of the contractual document, by quoting their name and a number. 00310 CED, Computer environment details The segment will give additional information about the file identified in the previous EFI segment, like for example, conversion details. 00320 DTM, Date/time/period This segment will convey the date/time details of the computer file identified in the previous EFI segment. 00330 Segment group 7: BII-GEI-DTM-IMD-RFF-QTY-SG8 This segment group can be used to record two types of information: Firstly, information about all kinds of lists (like naming conventions, libraries used etc.) with their object descriptions and other details relevant to the exchanged engineering/CAD files. Secondly, detailed descriptions about the structure of the engineering/CAD files. In both cases, the information is organised hierarchically in several levels. The level will be identified first and will contain its own specific set of information, like technical data, references, etc. This segment group therefore varies depending on the type of information, the application of the segments and whether they will be used or not. 00340 BII, Structure identification This segment will, through a structured index code, uniquely identify the set of information following this segment. 00350 GEI, Processing information This segment is used to define the type of information (lists or engineering/CAD file structure) appearing in this segment group identified by the previous BII segment. 00360 DTM, Date/time/period Date and time details relevant to the set of information identified in the previous BII segment (e.g. list version date). 00370 IMD, Item description This segment records the details of the set of information identified in the previous BII segment (e.g. descriptions of the hierarchical levels or objects, part of the lists). 00380 RFF, Reference This segment will give a reference to another set of information (e.g. engineering/CAD file structure referring to naming conventions given in a previously-supplied list). 00390 QTY, Quantity This segment conveys the number of objects within the next higher level of a list. 00400 Segment group 8: LOC-DIM-QTY-MEA A group of segments to record the technical data of the set of information identified in the previous BII segment. 00410 LOC, Place/location identification This segment will give detailed information of the position in a co-ordinate system in case the structure of an engineering/CAD file is described (e.g. the co-ordinate details of a layer group or a layer in a CAD file). 00420 DIM, Dimensions Dimensions (like unit of measurements) relevant to an engineering/CAD file can be quoted in this segment. 00430 QTY, Quantity A segment identifying the quantities of objects in lists or engineering/CAD files. 00440 MEA, Measurements For an engineering/CAD file, the scale used can be quoted in this segment. 00450 UNT, Message trailer A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message. 4.2 Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag) AGR Agreement identification AUT Authentication result BGM Beginning of message BII Structure identification CED Computer environment details COM Communication contact CTA Contact information DIM Dimensions DOC Document/message details DTM Date/time/period EFI External file link identification FTX Free text GEI Processing information IMD Item description INP Parties and instruction LOC Place/location identification MEA Measurements NAD Name and address QTY Quantity RFF Reference UNH Message header UNT Message trailer
4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R 00010 UNH Message header M 1 00020 BGM Beginning of message M 1 00030 DTM Date/time/period M 5 00040 AUT Authentication result C 2 00050 AGR Agreement identification C 2 00060 FTX Free text C 10 00070 ---- Segment group 1 ------------------ M 5----------------+ 00080 RFF Reference M 1 | 00090 DOC Document/message details C 1 | 00100 DTM Date/time/period C 1 | 00110 FTX Free text C 5----------------+ 00120 ---- Segment group 2 ------------------ M 999--------------+ 00130 NAD Name and address M 1 | 00140 LOC Place/location identification C 99 | 00150 FTX Free text C 10 | | 00160 ---- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 10--------------+| 00170 RFF Reference M 1 || 00180 CED Computer environment details C 10 || 00190 DTM Date/time/period C 1---------------+| | 00200 ---- Segment group 4 ------------------ C 10--------------+| 00210 CTA Contact information M 1 || 00220 COM Communication contact C 5 || 00230 LOC Place/location identification C 1---------------++ 00240 ---- Segment group 5 ------------------ C 999--------------+ 00250 DOC Document/message details M 1 | 00260 INP Parties and instruction C 99 | 00270 RFF Reference C 1 | 00280 MEA Measurements C 1 | | 00290 ---- Segment group 6 ------------------ C 99--------------+| 00300 EFI External file link identification M 1 || 00310 CED Computer environment details C 10 || 00320 DTM Date/time/period C 5---------------++ 00330 ---- Segment group 7 ------------------ C 100000-----------+ 00340 BII Structure identification M 1 | 00350 GEI Processing information C 1 | 00360 DTM Date/time/period C 1 | 00370 IMD Item description C 1 | 00380 RFF Reference C 5 | 00390 QTY Quantity C 1 | | 00400 ---- Segment group 8 ------------------ C 1---------------+| 00410 LOC Place/location identification M 1 || 00420 DIM Dimensions C 5 || 00430 QTY Quantity C 5 || 00440 MEA Measurements C 1---------------++ 00450 UNT Message trailer M 1