Glossary
Glossary
UBL
Last modified on: 31/08/2022 22:46is Universal Business Language – an open library of standard electronic XML business documents for procurement and transportation such as purchase orders, invoices, transport logistics and waybills. UBL was developed by an OASIS Technical Committee with participation from a variety of industry data standards organizations. UBL 2.0 includes an e-invoicing standard, on which a number of Nordic regional and other country e-invoice standards are based. The CEN BII used by PEPPOL also deploys UBL 2.0.
UBL Syntax
Last modified on: 31/08/2022 22:46is the syntax developed by OASIS to be the technical language for UBL and is one of the syntaxes selected for use in the EN-16931 to represent the semantic model.
UN/CEFACT and UN/CEFACT Syntax
Last modified on: 31/08/2022 22:47UN/CEFACT is the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. One of the key standards it has developed is the Cross Industry Invoice (CII). The underlying syntax for the CII is one of the technical languages selected for use in the EN-16931 to represent the semantic model.
UN/EDIFACT
Last modified on: 31/08/2022 22:47United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) is the international EDI standard developed under the United Nations. In 1987, following the convergence of the UN and US/ANSI syntax proposals, the UN/EDIFACT Syntax Rules were approved as the ISO standard ISO 9735 by the International Organization for Standardization.
Unstructured e-invoice
Last modified on: 31/08/2022 22:47is an e-invoice presented in a format other than a structured format, such as a humanly generated PDF that is not capable of automated and electronic processing. Such a presentation may also be rendered as a humanly readable companion to a structured e-invoice.