What are X12 Technical Reports & Guidelines?
Technical reports and guidelines are ASC X12-approved documents to promote consistency and coherency among information processing systems utilizing X12 standards. To encourage uniform standards implementation, X12 technical reports are in three formats: type 1-tutorials, type 2-reference models and Type 3-implementation guides. Tutorials walk users through a specific standard and convey the developer’s intended use of that standard or transaction set. Reference models illustrate the use of a group of transaction sets as they relate to each other and business applications. Guidelines disseminate the technical and logical concepts reflected in the standards, or convey information on the “state-of-the-art” as it relates to EDI, the X12 standards, or a particular aspect of the standards. Guidelines are not specific to a single X12 standard or version/release.
