Guide discrepancy between notes and REQ column
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Background
I am creating a Stedi Guide for a YRC 204 out of their implementation guide.
I've gotten through it mostly, but there are a few parts of the guide that confuse me. I don't think this is a Stedi Guides problem and more of an issue with the spec, but I'm curious if there's any industry best practice on how best to handle it.
Specifically, the
N4 Geographic Location
element has the following instructions:Question
In the
REQ
columnN405
is marked as not used. However, the comment in notes says that ifN405
is present thenN406
is required. SinceN405
is not used, then according to the notes, neither isN406
. So, should I just markN406
as not used as well, or add the condition and markN405
as optional? -
@lamarr-henry The
X
in the Requirement column indicates that an element has a relational condition found in the syntax notes. This means it is an optional element, unless the relation condition makes it required or not used.X
does not indicate 'not used'. -
@ross Got it! Thanks!
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@lamarr-henry Just for a little clarity, is this correct?
M
- Required
C
- Conditionally Required
O
- Optional
X
- Conditionally Required
N
- Not Used -
@lamarr-henry that is correct! I actually wrote a post on this, which you can view here, under "Element Requirements in X12 EDI"