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| Standard Exchange Format |
The Standard Exchange Format (SEF) is an open standard that defines the structure of a text file, which in itself describes a company's Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) implementation guideline. The SEF file is a US-ASCII text file so that it can be machine readable, but it also does accommodate for high ASCII characters. Also, because the SEF file is in US-ASCII text, the contents in the file can be modified using any text editor. Care must be taken when changes are made to the raw contents, and the format must be maintained as defined explicitly in the SEF standard. To download the original SEF documentation describing the SEF standard, please visit www.edidev.com.
Basically, the SEF file is broken down into the following sections. When modifying the text of each section, follow the layout format as described in detail:
The diagram below shows what the sections would like in a SEF file (Note that the file is incomplete and for display purposes only):
