TDS Mnemonics

The Tagged/Delimited String Format (TDS) uses mnemonics for a number of properties for a message set, complex type, or both. These TDS mnemonics and their associated properties are listed in the table below.

Mnemonic string Meaning Default value Associated property
<EDIFACT_CS> Component data separator in EDIFACT : Message set and type, Delimiter
<EDIFACT_DS> Data element separator in EDIFACT + Message set and type, Delimiter
<EDIFACT_TAGDATA_SEP> Tag data separator in EDIFACT

This is overridden with the same value as that which overrides <EDIFACT_DS>

+ Message set and type, Tag Data Separator
<EDIFACT_DEC_NOTATION> Decimal notation in EDIFACT . Message set, Decimal Point
<EDIFACT_ESC_CHAR> Escape character in EDIFACT ? Message set, Escape Character
<EDIFACT_GROUP_TERM> Tag terminator in EDIFACT ' Message set, Tag Terminator
<X12_GROUP_TERM> Tag terminator in X12 ! Message set level, Tag Terminator
<X12_DS> Data element separator for X12 * Message set and type, Delimiter
<X12_CS> Component data element separator for X12 : Message set and type, Delimiter
<LT> Represents the less than character, which is a reserved character <  
<GT> Represents the greater than character, which is a reserved character >  
<CR> Represents the carriage return character %X0D  
<LF> Represents the line feed character %X0A  

Mnemonics are also supported for the following control characters:

<ACK> (x'06')) <BEL> (x'07') <BS> (x'08') <CAN> (x'18')
<CR> (x'0D') <DC1> (x'11') <DC2> (x'12') <DC3> (x'13')
<DC4> (x'14') <DLE> (x'10') <EM> (x'19') <ENQ> (x'05')
<EOT> (x'04') <ESC> (x'1B') <ETB> (x'17') <ETX> (x'03')
<FF> (x'0C') <FS> (x'1C') <GS> (x'1D') <GT> (x'3E')
<HT> (x'09') <LF> (x'0A') <LT> (x'3C') <NAK> (x'15')
<NUL> (x'00') <RS> (x'1E') <SI> (x'0F') <SO> (x'0E')
<SOH> (x'01') <SP> (x'20') <STX> (x'02') <SUB> (x'1A')
<SYN> (x'16') <US> (x'1F') <VT> (x'0B')  

You can enter a mnemonic in the form <U+xxxx> where xxxx are hexadecimal numbers up to a value of FFFF. These numbers represent a Unicode character, not a character in your local code page or the code page in which message data is formatted. None of the characters in this structure are case sensitive. Do not enclose spaces inside the angle brackets.

Related concepts
Physical formats in the MRM domain
Tagged/delimited string format

Related tasks
Working with physical properties

Related reference
Message set properties
TDS Format message set properties
Default TDS Message set properties