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Record layout
The column-by-column specification each universe must follow; non-conforming submissions are rejected.
Each universe table has a record layout listing its columns by Column ID, with field name, type, length and description. Data must be limited to what each layout requests. Universe and impact analysis submissions that do not strictly follow the layout specifications are rejected.
Sources: ODAG protocol, Universe Submissions, PDF p. 15; CDAG protocol, Program Audit Data Request, Universe Submissions, p. 15; FA protocol, Universe Submissions, PDF p. 8; record layout tables, PDF pp. 10-27; SNPCC protocol, Universe Submissions and Impact Analysis Submissions (PDF pp. 8, 13); CPE protocol, Universe Submissions, p. 12; Integrity Testing, p. 4.