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$Date: 2004/09/09 01:30:40 $(UTC)
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This formatting specification describes a rendering of the UBL Despatch Advice document model according to the United Nations Layout Key for Trade Documents guidelines for application for the 351 despatch advice form:
351 Despatch Advice: Document by means of which the seller or consignor informs the consignee about the despatch of goods.
For a list of all formatting specifications and an overview of the documentation conventions, please visit the formatting specification home page.
This specification has no formal status at this time. It should not be considered a reference interpretation of UBL documents. Feedback is sought from users of stylesheets that implement this formatting specification regarding suggestions for change for consideration by the OASIS UBL committees for incorporation into these formatting specifications.
Presentational semantics may never be formalized or normative in the UBL project due to differing international requirements and conventions for the presentation of information found in business documents. This document contains only examples from a few of what will probably be many available UBL stylesheet libraries.
The following is an example rendering that illustrates the position and decoration of the information items found in an instance of the document type:
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Items in this formatting specification are ordered roughly from the laid out fields on the form in the order left-to-right, top to bottom.
Certain descriptions are verbatim quotes from the United Nations guidelines document.
Important: the rendering of a number of fields is very simplified, reflecting a Western European interpretation of a subset of fields (as in names and addresses). User requirements need to be better understood for the level of granularity in these formatting specifications.
The following namespaces are mapped to the prefixes in the expressions below:
xmlns:da="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:DespatchAdvice-1.0"
xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-1.0"
xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-1.0"
The following information is unrelated to the visible fields of the form.
Header information is associated with the form as a whole, not to the individual items of goods.
Table 2. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:BuildingNumber |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:StreetName |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:CityName |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:CountrySubentity |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cac:CountrySubentityCode |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:PostalZone |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:SellerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cac:Country/cbc:Name |
This field is intended to show the name and address of the sender of goods or the originator of the documents, as the case may be.
Note that only one of cbc:CountrySubentity and cac:CountrySubentityCode need be used, with preference to cbc:CountrySubentity if it exists.
This number is a unique number assigned to the despatch advice by the seller.
This number is a unique number assigned to the despatch advice by the seller.
This field provides a seller assigned reference to the order corresponding to this despatch advice.
This field provides the buyer's reference to the original order.
Table 7. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cbc:BuildingNumber |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cbc:StreetName |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cbc:CityName |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cbc:CountrySubentity |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cac:CountrySubentityCode |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cbc:PostalZone |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:Delivery/cac:DeliveryAddress/cac:Country/cbc:Name |
These fields are used to provide the name and address of the receiver of the goods involved in the transaction.
Note that only one of cbc:CountrySubentity and cac:CountrySubentityCode need be used, with preference to cbc:CountrySubentity if it exists.
Table 8. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:PartyName/cbc:Name |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:BuildingNumber |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:StreetName |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:CityName |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:CountrySubentity |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cac:CountrySubentityCode |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cbc:PostalZone |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:BuyerParty/cac:Party/cac:Address/cac:Country/cbc:Name |
These fields are used to provide the name and address of the buyer of the goods involved in the transaction.
Note that only one of cbc:CountrySubentity and cac:CountrySubentityCode need be used, with preference to cbc:CountrySubentity if it exists.
Transportation fields are header-like information and applicable to the entire order.
This fields provides the INCOTERM code for the terms of delivery.
Table 10. XPath information
| XPath address |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:DeliveryTerms/cbc:RelevantLocation |
This field provides the location name (if relevant) associated to the delivery terms.
This field provides free text description of special conditions relating to the delivery terms.
The consignment information holds generic details and totals relating to all the goods items in the despatch advice.
At this time this field is not being used in the despatch advice.
At this time this field is not being used in the despatch advice.
Line item information is associated with the individual item of goods in the despatch advice.
Table 12. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:DespatchLine/cac:ID |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:DespatchLine/cac:OrderLineReference/cac:BuyersLineID |
| /da:DespatchAdvice/cac:DespatchLine/cac:OrderLineReference/cac:SellersLineID |
The item field is the identification of the despatch line according to the seller's system.
The first reference is the buyer's assigned reference to the line item.
The second reference is the seller's assigned reference to the line item.
Summary information is associated to the entire despatch advice and not to any individual despatch line item.
This notes field is used for any free text information that relates to the entire despatch advice.
The continuation page comprises only a copy of the document identification information described in Section 3, “Main document and party information” and room for additional line item entries described in Section 6, “Line item information”.