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This formatting specification describes a rendering of the UBL Order document model according to the United Nations Layout Key for Trade Documents guidelines for application for the 220 Order form:
220 Order: Document by means of which a buyer initiates a transaction with a seller involving the supply of goods as specified, according to conditions set out in an offer, or otherwise known to the buyer.
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.
Example rendering:
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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 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 |
| /po:Order/cat:SellerParty/cat:Party/cat:PartyName/cat:Name |
| /po:Order/cat:SellerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:StreetName |
| /po:Order/cat:SellerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:CityName |
| /po:Order/cat:SellerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:CountrySubentity |
| /po:Order/cat:SellerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:PostalZone |
| /po:Order/cat:SellerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:Country/cat: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.
This number is a unique number assigned to the order by the buyer.
This field states the date of the order.
This field provides a seller assigned reference to the order.
This field provides the buyer's reference to the order.
This field provides the contract reference if applicable.
Currently the contents of this field is the same as the Section 3.8, “Buyer” field.
Table 8. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:PartyName/cat:Name |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:StreetName |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:CityName |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:CountrySubentity |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:PostalZone |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:Address/cat:Country/cat:Name |
These fields are used to provide the name and address of the buyer of the goods involved in the transaction.
Transportation fields are header-like information and are applicable to the entire order.
This fields provides the INCOTERM code for the terms of delivery.
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 order.
At this time this field is not being used in the order.
This field provides the gross weight of the order (not the shipment as it is not known at the order stage).
This field provides the gross volume of the order (not the shipment as it is not known at the order stage).
Line item information is associated with the individual item of goods in the order
Table 17. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /po:Order/cat:OrderLine/cat:LineItem/cat:BuyersID |
| /po:Order/cat:OrderLine/cat:LineItem/cat:SellersID |
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.
Table 18. XPath information
| XPath address |
| /po:Order/cat:OrderLine/cat:LineItem/cat:Item/cat:Description |
This provides a free text description of the line item.
Table 19. XPath information
| XPath address |
| /po:Order/cat:OrderLine/cat:LineItem/cat:Item/cat:OriginCountry/cat:Name |
This field is used to provide to country of origin for the line item.
Table 20. XPath information
| XPath address |
| /po:Order/cat:OrderLine/cat:LineItem/cat:Item/cat:CommodityClassification/cat:CommodityCode |
This field is used to provide the commodity code for the line item.
This field states the number of items ordered for the line item.
Summary information is associated to the entire order and not to any individual line item.
This notes field is used for any free text information that relates to the entire order.
Table 25. XPath information
| XPath addresses |
| /po:Order/po:TransactionCurrencyCode |
| /po:Order/cat:LineExtensionTotalAmount |
Two data fields populate this one form field: the currency and the total amount.
The total amount is the total of all the individual line items and is not calculated it will be transmitted.
Table 26. XPath information
| XPath address |
| /po:Order/cat:BuyerParty/cat:Party/cat:Contact/cat:Name |
This fields identified the name of the signatory.