Qualifier Value

Qualifier values of 0507 in D13A

Original character set encoding, coded (an1..3)

Identification of the character set in which the secured EDIFACT structure was encoded when security mechanisms were applied.

Code Description
1 ASCII 7 bit
ASCII 7 bit code.
2 ASCII 8 bit
ASCII 8 bit code.
3 Code page 850 (IBM PC Multinational)
Encoding schema for the repertoire as defined by the code page.
4 Code page 500 (EBCDIC Multinational No. 5)
Encoding schema for the repertoire as defined by the code page.
5 UCS-2
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) two- octet per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1.
6 UCS-4
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) four- octet per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1.
7 UTF-8
UCS Transformation Format 8 (UTF-8) multi-octet (of length one to six octets) per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1, Annex R.
8 UTF-16
UCS Transformation Format 16 (UTF-16) two-octet per character encoding schema as defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1, Annex Q.
ZZZ Mutually agreed
Mutually agreed between trading partners.