InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Scheme identifier / Specification identifier” · UBL-CR-648

  • Severity · Warning
  • Applies to · UBL
  • Editorial review pending

The CEN check flags the XML attribute @schemeID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for scheme identifier under “specification identifier”.

As of

Who can correct it?

The invoicing software provider can correct the export.

How to fix it

  1. Find the entry in the UBL export at cbc:CustomizationID/@schemeID.
  2. Remove the schemeID attribute from the export mapping and keep the field value.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as cbc:CustomizationID/@schemeID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-648 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The UBL export contains an extra schemeID attribute under “specification identifier”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The check flags schemeID under “specification identifier”. In the corrected file the field keeps its value and the attribute is omitted.

UBL

cbc:CustomizationID/@schemeID

Fails the rule
<cbc:CustomizationID schemeID="EXAMPLE">urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017</cbc:CustomizationID>

Corrected
<cbc:CustomizationID>urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017</cbc:CustomizationID>

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file