TECHNICAL ISO/TS SPECIFICATION 20625 First edition 2002-05-01 Electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport (EDIFAcT) Rules for generation of XML scheme files (XsD) on the basis of EDl(FACT) implementation guidelines Echange de donnees informatise pour Iadministration, le commerce et le transport (EDIFACT) Regles pour la generation de fichiers de schema XML (XSD) basés sur les guides de mise en ceuvre d'EDI(FACT) Reference number A ISO/TS 20625:2002(E) ISO @ ISO 2002 THS unde Not for Resall ISO/TS20625:2002(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event ?ISO2002 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland @ ISO 2002 - All rights reserved itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TS 20625:2002(E) Foreword the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 3. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International committee may decide to publish other types of normative document: an ISO Publicly Available Specification (ISO/PAs) represents an agreement between technical experts in an Iso working group and is accepted for publication if it is approved by more than 50 % of the members of the parent committee casting a vote; committee and is accepted for publication if it is approved by 2/3 of the members of the committee casting a vote. An ISO/PAS or ISO/TS is reviewed after three years with a view to deciding whether it should be confirmed for a further three years, revised to become an International Standard, or withdrawn. In the case of a confirmed ISO/PAS or IsO/TS, it is reviewed again after six years at which time it has to be either transposed into an Internationa Standard or withdrawn. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Technical Specification may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. administration, in parallel with its approval by the IsO member bodies. Annex A of this Technical Specification is for information only. ii