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Transaction Formats


The DLA Logistics Management Standards Office maintains several formats of logistics electronic data interchange transactions. Forms for submitting transactions are also supported. The formats/forms currently maintained are listed below; all formats listed are available on the same web page:
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American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12
These are the national standards that are the basis for DoD Transactions.  DLMS Supplements to Federal ICs (along with the DLMS manual) constitute DoD's trading partner agreement for use of the Federal ICs within the DoD logistics process.  DLMS Supplements mirror the approved Federal ICs and include:  Federal IC notes; DLMS notes (detailed business rules, often specifying conditions of use for optional data); and transition guidance governing operation in a mixed DLSS/DLMS environment.

A search capability is also available for: Logistics Qualifiers, DLMS to DLSS Cross Reference, and Conversion Guides used in DLMS (DoD logistics) Supplements to Federal ICs.

.sef Formatted Files of Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) supplements.
These are the basic files used to produce the DLMS supplements; they are co-located with the DLMS supplements.

.xsd Formatted Files of DLMS Supplements.
These files are the basis for the XML versions of the DLMS supplements; they are co-located with the .pdf versions of the DLMS Supplement.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)
The DLA Logistics Management Standards Office has developed XML schemas for use in DoD logistics that represent Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) Supplements to Federal Implementation Conventions (ICs) for ANSI ASC X12 based EDI transactions. These files are available in .xsd format in XML.

Military Standard Logistics System (MILS)/Defense Logistics Standard Systems (DLSS)
These are the electronic data interchange standard transactions that have been in use by DoD for over 40 years.

Visibility Transactions:
Three passive RFID transactions are available, per ADC 219. The schemas (XSD) files can be found on the supplements page.
IUID Transactions:
The linked document below contains DLMS Supplements that will be affected by the implementation of Item Unique Identifier (IUID) along with Approved DLMS Changes (ADC). This list was intended to serve as a placeholder for considering the use of IUID in DLMS transactions. ADC numbers only are provided while business rules for the use of IUID have yet to be determined. Many of the DLMS transactions support IUID. A document containing all DLMS Supplements (DS) with Item Unique Identification (IUID) Capability is located at DLMS_UIIstatus_with_ADCs.doc.