DLMS Data Dictionary

The Authoritative Resource for DLMS X12 Data Elements and Codes

This Data Dictionary is the authoritative reference for all data elements used across Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) Implementation Conventions (ICs). It provides standardized definitions and technical specifications for DLMS and its underlying ANSI ASC X12 data structures.

What This Dictionary Provides:

  • Clear Definitions: Find the official business definition and purpose for every data element used in DLMS transactions.
  • Technical Specifications: Get the exact technical format, length, and structure for each element as it appears in an X12 transaction.
  • DLMS to X12 Mapping: Understand exactly how a DLMS business term maps to a specific X12 segment and element (e.g., "Ship-To Address" maps to N1*ST in the 511R transaction).

Who Should Use This Resource:

  • System Developers & Integrators: To correctly build, map, and test DLMS-compliant applications.
  • Logistics & Supply SMEs: To understand the precise meaning and proper use of data in our business processes.
  • Data Analysts & Managers: To ensure data quality, standardization, and interoperability across systems.

Key Implementation Notes:

  • Relationship to Implementation Conventions (ICs): This Data Dictionary is a reference tool that enhances and supports the DLMS Implementation Conventions (ICs); it does not replace them. For proper implementation, users must consult the detailed guidance and business rules contained within the applicable IC.
  • Governing Standards: All data elements are governed by the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) and the policies within DLM 4000.25, Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS). The ASC X12 is the governing source for X12, which is an electronic data interchange (EDI) standard.
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Category Details
IC 650A
SEGMENT CODE LQ
SEGMENT NAME Industry Code
POSITION 1600
REF LQ01
ID 1270
X12 MIN MAX '1/3
ELEMENT NAME Code List Qualifier Code
ELEMENT DLMS NOTE
CODE 33
X12 CODE NAME Air Commodity and Special Handling Code
GENERAL CODE DEFINITION Use to identify material for manifesting and customs requirements for all shipments via air
CODE DLMS NOTE Use in the Component Data loop.
PROPOSED CODE CHANGES
DLMS MIN MAX 2/2
DOD AND OTHER NAMES Air Commodity Special Handling Code
FLIS DRN 9215
ADC
DATA ELEMENT SOURCE Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS), Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards (CDTS), https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Training-and-Reference/#flis
REFERENCED SERVICE OR AGENCY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
MATCHED CODE VALUES [The above requirements apply only to 1,000 or more rounds of small ammunition up to and including .50 caliber, individual rounds of 40mm and larger nonautomatic conventional, guided missile and rocket ammunition individually or having a container or package weight of 100 lbs. or less.] *U* [Mail, Select a Special Handling Code from Appendix AA (DTR 4500.9-R). See second position in PART 1, below] 1 [Highest sensitivity: Category I, Missiles and Rockets; Arms, Ammunition and Explosives Arms - Category I, non-nuclear missiles and rockets in a ready to fire configuration (e.g., Redeye, Stinger, Dragon Javelin, Light Anti-Tank Weapon and Viper). This category also applies in situations where the launcher tube and the explosive rounds, though not in a �ready to fire� configuration, are jointly stored or transported. Ammunition and Explosives - Category I, complete rounds for Category I Missiles and Rockets (See (a) above).] 2 [High sensitivity: Category II, Missiles and Rockets; Arms, Ammunition and Explosives Arms - Category II, Arms, Light Automatic Weapons up to and including .50 caliber. Ammunition - and white phosphorus. Mines, anti-tank, and anti-personnel (unpacked weight of 50 lbs or less each). Explosives - Hand or rifle grenades, high explosives Used in demolition operations (e.g., C-4, military dynamite, and TNT). High explosive warheads for missiles and rockets other than Category I (unpacked weight of 50 lbs or less each).] 3 [Ammunition, (all types) including inert component parts. When the primary hazard of an ammunition item is a chemical (irritant, corrosive, or oxidizer), as indicated by its proper shipping name use Commodity Code C. When a �3� is in the first position then the special handling code is determined from Table 85, Part 1.] 4 [Low Sensitivity, Category IV: Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives Arms - Shoulder fired weapons, other than grenade launchers, not fully automatic Handguns Recoilless rifles up to and including 106 mm Ammunition - Ammunition with non-explosive projectile+ (unpacked weight of 100 lbs or less each). Fuzes (except for grenades, incendiary, and fuzes for high explosives grenades, listed under category III (b) (2) above. Grenades, illuminator, smoke, and tear producing (CS/CN)1/2 Chemical Stems - Incendiary Destroyers Riot Control Agents (100 lb Pkg. or less). Ammunition for weapons in categories II through IV not otherwise categorized. Explosive compounds of sensitive missiles and rockets(except warheads) Warheads for precision � guided munitions weighing more than 50 pounds (unpacked weight).] 5 [Highest sensitivity: Category I, Missile and Rockets; Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives with a classification of Secret.] 6 [Highest sensitivity: Category I, Missile and Rockets; Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives with a classification of Confidential.] 8 [High sensitivity: Category II, Missile and Rockets; Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives with a classification of Confidential.] A [Hazardous material requiring hand-to-hand receipt to include items not requiring a Shipper�s Declaration for Dangerous Goods, e.g., Radioactive Materials Excepted Packages, certain biological substances, and items in excepted quantities. (Includes classified HAZMAT materiel.)] B [Construction materials: Includes paint and related materials, prefabricated building, wood products, metal and composition materials and their products, commercial hardware and miscellaneous items, cement, asphalt, building maintenance materials.] C [Material classified as "Confidential", but which is not highly sensitive.] D [Hazardous material (not required hand to hand receipt) including all regulated items other than special weapons and their components. To include items not requiring a Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous Goods; Radioactive materials Excepted Packages, Certain biological Substances, and items in excepted quantities.] E [Aircraft engine drained and purged (DD Form 1387-2 must certify).] F [Foodstuffs requiring normal refrigeration.] G [Engines (Support equipment, Aircraft and Vehicle), not drained or purged.] H [Special weapons, including hazardous components.] I [Inbound shipment. An in-bond shipment is a term applied to the status of Merchandise Admitted Provisionally to a Country without payment of duties - either for storage in a bonded warehouse or for trans-shipment to another point, where duties will eventually be imposed.] J [Unaccompanied baggage.] K [Material which must be accompanied by a military courier (or escort) and when required under armed guard.] L [Sets or systems that must move together to the consignee.] M [Noncontrolled ammunitions excluded from categories I through IV above although reflected as pilferable on the shipment release document. Does not require protection other than that based on the class/degree and hazard/explosive. If none of those characteristics are present, protection will be the same as that provided other pilferable items.] N [Ship's parts.] O [Not to be used.] P [Cargo requiring protection from freezing.] Q [Plants, Plant products, Insects, Mites, Nematodes, Mollusks, Soil, Meat (other than rations), Animal products, Vectors or Parts and Cultures of Animal or Plant diseases] R [Revenue.] S [Materiel classified as �Secret� but which does not meet code 5 criteria.] T [Cargo requiring both normal refrigeration and hand-to-hand receipt.] U [Perishable cargo requiring refrigeration only.] V [Vaccine.] W [Any material not otherwise specified that may require special handling with special instructions identified in the DI T_9 trailer data. Primarily used with Channel Airlift 463-L pallets.] X [Intelligence materials including maps, charts data, and information vital to military functions such as flight safety, escape and evasion, current offensive/defensive operations, foreign clearance requirements, targeting and National Aeronautics Space Administration projects.] Y [Personnel services, Military service records, Files, or other information Subject to The Privacy Act of 1974.] Z [Human remains.]