Note: This XML Business Message Standard publication has gone through an Intellectual Property (IP) Review in which organisations had the opportunity to declare IP. The GS1 Process Oversight Committee (POC) confirms that due process has been followed in creating the XML Business Message Standards and votes to recommend ratification to the GS1 Management Board. The GS1 Board Committee for Standards (BCS) confirms that due process has been followed and votes to recommend it to the GS1 Management Board for ratification. Ratification will be complete after the GS1 Management Board votes to accept the BCS report.