Re: XML schema of EDIFACT INVOIC (e-Invoice) messages

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

Already done - please see OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL[1]).

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ubl

Szabó Áron wrote:
> 
> Electronic invoices must be acceptable either they are based on EDI systems
> or XML solutions. The structure of the messages can be the same (the used
> technology is indifferent), EDIFACT tags can be defined in XML either,
> EDIFACT message structures can be mapped to XML schemas. Our university
> wants to issue electronic invoices that can be managed by the inner
> information system (for student administration), but I haven't found
> anything about the XML schema-based structure of an electronic invoice. In
> the ebXML Message Service Specification I've found something about Payload
> Containers but I don't know where to find detailed definitions of XML
> schemas (e.g. specification of <Invoicedata>)... Perhaps in ISO/TS 15000
> series of standards?
> 
> Content-ID: <domainname.example.com>
> Content-Type: application/xml
> 
> <Invoice>
> <Invoicedata>
> ...
> </Invoicedata>
> </Invoice>
> 
> If there is still no internationally accepted XML schema for e-Invoice
> messages (either based on EDIFACT or based on other standard) what should we
> use? The CEN/ISSS says (CWA 14711), that ebXML is working on defining
> interoperable e-Invoice message structures and ISO TS 20625 is just an
> interim solution for mapping EDIFACT messages to XML schemas.
> 
> The big question:
> 
> If there is no other solution, is it good that I'll transform EDIFACT INVOIC
> D04A (final standard issued by UNECE UN/EDIFACT: 2004-05-18) e-Invoice
> message structure to XML schema based on the mapping rules of ISO/TS 20625?
> 
> Best regards,
> Aron
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Aron Szabo, M. Sc.
> Research Associate,
> Center of Information Technology
> Budapest University of Technology and Economics
> 
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