Access Service Request Guidelines
Mechanized Specifications
DOCUMENT SUMMARY

Summary:

         This document describes the rules which govern the mechanized
         transmission of data between entities ordering and providing
         access services. This document supports the Access Service
         Ordering Guidelines (ASR Document) which describes the
         industry agreed-upon guidelines for the ordering of access
         services.

         The ASR Mechanized Interface Specifications contains file
         structures, rules for mechanized transmission and acceptance
         and confirmation of data as necessitated by the ASR.  It also
         provides error conditions for systems which support the
         provisioning of Access Service.

 
Table of Contents:

1. GENERAL

2. AC to AP TRANSMISSION

2.1 REQUEST FILE
2.2 FORWARD FEED RECORD LAYOUTS

3. AP to AC TRANSMISSION

3.1 RESPONSE FILE
3.2 ERROR FILE
3.3 CONFIRMATION (DOC/FOC)
3.4 SERVICE REQUEST CONFIRMATION (SRC) FILE
3.5 ACCESS PROVIDER CORRECTION FILE
3.6 REVERSE FEED RECORD LAYOUTS

4. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

4.1 COMPANY SPECIFIC (ECI) RECORD USAGE
4.2 MULTIPLE VERSIONS IN THE SAME TRANSMISSION
4.3 REFNUM
4.4 SUPPLEMENTS
4.5 RECORD DELETIONS
4.6 DELIMITERS
4.7 VCNUM
4.8 4-STEP PROCESS
4.9 MULTI EC ORDERING
4.10 ZIP CODES
4.11 RECCKT Field
4.12 FBA Field
4.13 ASOG Date Fields

5. TRANSMISSION/FILE PROCESSING ERROR CONDITIONS

5.1 DEFINITION
5.2 ERROR CONDITIONS

6. MECHANIZED INTERFACE TESTING GUIDELINES

6.1 PURPOSE
6.2 DEFINITIONS
6.3 TESTING REQUIREMENTS