Technical User Guide to GS1 XML 2.x

Version 5.0 / October 2008

Table of Contents

1. Title Page (Document Summary/ Acknowledgements/Disclaimer)
2. Scope of the document
3. General picture: how to use the XML standard
4. GS1 XML publication strategy
5. GS1 namespaces
6. GS1 XML versioning strategy
7. Context
8. XML built-in types
9. Code Lists
10. Standard Business Document Header
11. Message layer
12. Document layer
13. Extension mechanism
14. XML tools
15. Checklist for Solution Providers
16. Major changes of design between release 1.3.1 and 2.0

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