XML structures of eBIZ/TC Upstream documents (2011-1)

Introduction to the XML document template

The structure of the XML documents is the very prescriptive part of the eBIZ/TC Upstream framework: using the eBIZ/TC Upstream documents, the prescriptions must be completely respected about structure of the documents, names and coding, optionality or mandatory use of elements, meaning of each element.
Otherwise the documents could be not validable with the XML Schema (that are the only way to check the formal compliance of the documents) or could generate misunderstandings about the meaning of the message on the side of your partners.
The allowable customisations are about the use or not of a document or about the elements of the document that are declared 'optional'; they can be used to simplify the documents (not all the elements are always necessary).

The (template of) eBIZ/TC Upstream documents of each release are on www.ebiz.enea.it or www.moda-ml.org and are represented by:

XML Schemas, public but that cannot be modified, they must be used to validate the XML documents.
User Guides, that completely describe the structure and the aim of the documents, together with the elements and their coding rules.
in some cases, Samples and Stylesheets(XSL) might be available and can be used to visualize with a browser the content of the XML documents. The proposed stylesheets should be considered as a sample or a reference to be used directly or customised or ignored and substituted with custom stylesheets.

release 18/11/2011

		Document Garment Despatch Advice
Document		Garment Despatch Advice (Not defined)
Description		Advice for despatch of clothing or knitwear items.
Release date		18/11/2011
Scope		The present guide has been issued to assist the companies of the Textile-Clothing sector in the implementation of the standard XML document type “GARMENT DESPATCH ADVISE”, providing all the instruction required for its use in any context of e-commerce between Apparel Manufactures and their Clients. All the rules required for the construction and validation of the document are embedded into the specific XML-Schema, which is detailed in section "Implementation guide".
Generalities		The message is issued by the Clothing Manufacturer to anticipate the details the articles actually despatched. The same message can be used from/ to a sub-contractor for commissioned operations. This document can be used: - as a standard despatch advice - as a pre-despatch notification of the goods that are to be despatched. Each document item must correspond with a well defined garment article (SKU); for each item is possible to reference the Order line that is delivered.
Credits		This guide has been realized by Guido Cucchiara, PROGEMA - Gruppo SOI, supported by Thomas Imolesi and Arianna Brutti, XML-Lab (initiative of ENEA and Forum per la Tecnologia dell'Informazione). Other participants: Alessandro Barberis Canonico (Lanificio Vitale Barberis Canonico), Albino Botto Poala (Lanificio Successori Reda), Gustavo Cametti (Lanificio Piacenza), Massimo Perona (Domina srl), Piero De Sabbata e Piergiorgio Censoni (ENEA) Gianfranco Irico (Lanificio Loro Piana), Luca Mainetti (Politecnico di Milano, Hypermedia Open center), Federico Tamburini e Ivano Begnozzi (Fratelli Corneliani). The MODA-ML project is supported in the Fifth Framework programme by the European Commission in the IST initiative (IST Take Up Actions, action line 2.5) and is included in the cluster of projects about Agents and Middleware Technologies EUTIST-AMI (IST-2000-28221, http://www.eutist-ami.org). More informations can be acquired in http://www.moda-ml.org.
Back compatibility		Not defined
Document Code		G028
Resources		[Guide] [XML Schema]
Used in Processes		Knitwear subcontracted manufacturing