gt lt attlist col colname cdata required gt lt element status code severity description gt lt element code pcdata gt lt element severity pcdata gt lt element description pcdata gt lt xml version u201c 1 0 u201d encoding u201c utf 8 u201d gt lt replymsg gt lt rec gt lt col colname u201c business_associate_cd u201d gt 12345 lt col gt lt col colname u201c communication_system_cd u201d gt 001 lt col gt lt col colname u201c communication_system_desc u201d gt email lt col gt lt col colname u201c ba_comnct_sys_id u201d gt any_id lt col gt lt col colname u201c ba_comnct_sys_id_seq_nbr u201d gt 1 lt col gt lt col colname u201c comnct_sys_id_use_cd u201d gt any_use_cd lt col gt lt col colname u201c comnct_sys_id_use_desc u201d gt any_use_desc lt col gt lt rec gt lt replymsg gt data element size data null not name type null svc_name char 10 not null appl_id char 10 not null input_rec all any size not null cols concatenated size data null not data element name type null output_rec_type char 1 e error u201c u201d good ouput_rec all any size not null cols concatenated if more than one record then the output_rec_type and output_rec will repeat after an end of line character using the formats defined in this method is very valuable because now the business can add new data elements to existing apis and within the returned data without affecting the downstream applications other formats can be also be predefined and stored within.