ISO 8440:1986

Location of codes in trade documents

Specification of the location of document and field code designation and coded data entries in documents used in international trade. Suitable for automatic data processing (ADP) systems. Based on a Recommendation adopted by the Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE).

Emplacement des codes dans les documents commerciaux

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 08-Oct-1986
• ICS: 01.140.30 - Documents in administration, commerce and industry
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 154 - Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 154 - Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration
• Current Stage: 9093 - International Standard confirmed
• Completion Date: 05-Sep-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

8440
International Standard
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONWlEWYHAPOflHAR OPTAHM3A~MR fl0 CTAH~APTW3ALWlM@ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION
Location of Codes in trade documents
Emplacement des Codes dans les documents commerciaux
First edition - 1986-10-01
UDC 651.5 : 681.3.04 Ref. No. ISO 84404986 IE)
data Codes, Position (location).
Descriptors : foreign trade, commercial documents, Codes,
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Foreword
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least 75 % approval by the member bodies voting.
International Standard ISO 8440 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 154,
Documents and data elements in administration, commerce and industry.
Users should note that all International Standards undergo revision from time to time
and that any reference made herein to any other International Standard implies its
latest edition, unless otherwise stated.
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0 International Organkation dar Standardkation, 1966
Printed in Switzerland

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 84404986 (E)
Location of Codes in trade documents
2.5 data field: An area designated for a specified data entry.
0 lntroduction
Documents used in international trade are frequently used as a
2.6 descriptive data entry: A data entry expressed in plain
basis for input into automatic data processing (ADP) Systems
language in full, or in an abbreviated manner.
or are obtained from such Systems.
2.7 document: A data carrier and the data recorded on it,
lt is therefore a requirement that the information they contain is
that is generally permanent and that tan be read by man or
in a form suitable also for (ADP).
machine.
The representation of information by Codes satisfies this re-
quirement and aids in lowering the language barriers.
2.8 document Code: A document identifier expressed in
Code.
To remove any ambiguity and avoid confusion in reading,
Codes should be given a standardized location in documents.
2.9 document identifier: A text or code that specifies the
function of a document.
This International Standard is based on a Recommendation
adopted by the Working Party on Facilitation of International
2.10 document name: The title of a document expressed in
Trade Procedures of the United Nations Economic Commission
plain language.
for Europe (UN/ECE).
2.11 field Code: A field identifier expressed in code
(sec 2.17).
1 Scope and field of application
This International Standard specifies the location of document
2.12 field heading : A field identifier expressed in plain
and field code designations and coded data entries in
language, in a full or abbreviated manner.
documents used in international t
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