6 - Abbreviations

6.1 - Types of fields

The following abbreviations describe types of fields/spaces

Data type Description
A Letters (A-Z)
N Numeric characters (0-9)
AN Alphanumeric characters
S UTF-8 string. Special characters that might affect data consistency will be filtered out or rejected.
DT Datetime (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss)
DA Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
D Decimal
B Boolean(true or false)
L A list which can include Letters(A-Z) and Numeric characters (0-9)

6.2 - Usage description

The following abbreviations are used to describe usage.

Usage Description
M Mandatory
O Optional