Public Review

Public Review Introduction

Welcome to X12's online public review commenting tool. The tool allows X12 to receive important constructive feedback from implementers and other interested parties and assists reviewers by allowing them to review the revisions in context. If this is your first time using the tool, you may want to review the instructions below.

The tool is intended to facilitate feedback on specific draft products and your comments on products listed below are solicited and appreciated.

Please note the following while considering your comments.

  • Some of the material in X12 products is common across a set of products and feedback on that material will be addressed separately, not as part of the public review period.
  • Examples will be updated as a separate effort, when the document is finalized for publication, so it isn't necessary to provide feedback on the dates or version information in the included examples.
  • The tool is not the appropriate venue for questions about X12 policy, publications schedules, general questions, or for requests for interpretation related to a specific trading partner's use of the associated content. If you have those kinds of questions, submit X12's online feedback form.
Submitting a Comment

Navigate to the technical report and sign in using an X12 | ID. If you do not have a free X12 | ID, sign up.

The system displays the technical report navigation table of contents in the left pane, with the cover page selected by default. The right pane displays the cover content.

Note that segment data elements' and the composite data elements' components are separated out in the table of contents as individual pages (Figure 1). This is to aid in comment submission and will not be handled in this way in the published document.

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FIGURE 1

Select a page to view from the table of contents.

The system displays the selected content and a "Submit comment…" link at the top of the content pane. There are five types of "Submit comment…" forms:

 1. Submit comment for this front matter.
2. Submit comment for this segment's header.
3. Submit comment for this composite data element.
4. Submit comment for this component data element.
5. Submit comment for this simple data element.

Front Matter

🖱 Click on the link at the top of a front matter page: "Submit comment for this front matter."

The system displays a pop-up window (See Figure 2).

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FIGURE 2

🖱 Click on the sentence "Submit comment for this front matter," which serves as the comment category.

The system displays an edit field (See Figure 3).

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FIGURE 3

Enter your comment, adding any necessary business requirement references for traceability. Consider writing your comment with a plain text editor, such as Notepad, to prevent losing your edits in case of a browser time-out. Then copy to the clipboard and paste the text into the edit field.

🖱 Click Submit to save your comment. Alternatively, click Cancel to end the process and not submit a comment.

If you clicked Submit, the system saves your comment and displays an acknowledgment pop-up window (See Figure 4).

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FIGURE 4

🖱 Click Close.

The system closes the acknowledgment pop-up.

Segment Header

🖱 Click the link at the top of segment page: "Submit comment for this segment's header."

The system displays a pop-up window (See Figure 5).

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FIGURE 5

🖱 Click on the sentence "Submit a comment on this segment's header," which serves as the topic category.

The system displays a list of subcategories (See Figure 6).

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FIGURE 6

🖱 Click on the appropriate subcategory. The system displays an edit field (See Figure 7).

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FIGURE 7

Enter your comment, adding any necessary business requirement references for traceability. Consider writing your comment with a plain text editor, to prevent losing your edits in case of a browser time-out. Then copy to the clipboard and paste the text into the edit field.

🖱 Click Submit to save your topic. Alternatively, click Cancel to end the process and not submit a comment.

If you clicked submit, the system saves your comment and displays an acknowledgment pop-up window (See Figure 8).

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FIGURE 8

🖱 Click Close.

The system closes the acknowledgment pop-up.

Composite Data Element

🖱 Click the link at the top of a composite data element page: "Submit comment for this composite data element."

The system displays a pop-up window (See Figure 9).

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FIGURE 9

🖱 Click on the sentence "Submit comment for this composite data element," which serves as the topic category.

The system displays a list of subcategories (See Figure 10).

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FIGURE 10

🖱 Click on the appropriate subcategory.

The system displays an edit field (See Figure 11).

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FIGURE 11

Enter your comment, adding any necessary business requirement references for traceability. Consider writing your comment with a plain text editor, to prevent losing your edits in case of a browser time-out. Then copy to the clipboard and paste the text into the edit field.

🖱 Click Submit to save your topic. Alternatively, click Cancel to end the process and not submit a comment.

If you clicked submit, the system saves your comment and displays an acknowledgment pop-up window (See Figure 12).

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FIGURE 12

🖱 Click Close.

The system closes the acknowledgment pop-up.

Component Data Element

🖱 Click the link at the top of a component data element page: "Submit comment for this component data element."

The system displays a pop-up window (See Figure 12).

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FIGURE 12

🖱 Click on the sentence "Submit comment for this component data element" which serves as the topic category.

The system displays a list of subcategories (See Figure 13).

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FIGURE 13

🖱 Click on the appropriate subcategory.

The system displays an edit field (See Figure 14).

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FIGURE 14

Enter your comment, adding any necessary business requirement references for traceability. Consider writing your comment with a plain text editor, to prevent losing your edits in case of a browser time-out. Then copy to the clipboard and paste the text into the edit field.

🖱 Click Submit to save your comment. Alternatively, click Cancel to end the process and not submit a comment.

If you clicked submit, the system saves your comment and displays an acknowledgment pop-up window (See Figure 15).

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FIGURE 15

🖱 Click Close.

The system closes the acknowledgment pop-up.

Simple Data Element

🖱 Click the link at the top of a simple data element page: "Submit comment for this simple data element."

The system displays a pop-up window (See Figure 15).

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FIGURE 15

🖱 Click on the sentence "Submit comment for this simple data element," which serves as the topic category.

The system displays a list of subcategories (See Figure 16).

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FIGURE 16

🖱 Click on the appropriate subcategory.

The system displays an edit field (See Figure 17).

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FIGURE 17

Enter your comment, adding any necessary business requirement references for traceability. Consider writing your comment with a plain text editor, to prevent losing your edits in case of a browser time-out. Then copy to the clipboard and paste the text into the edit field.

🖱 Click Submit to save your comment. Alternatively, click Cancel to end the process and not submit a comment.

If you clicked submit, the system saves your comment and displays an acknowledgment pop-up window (See Figure 18).

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FIGURE 18

🖱 Click Close.

The system closes the acknowledgment pop-up.