UBL 2.1
Universal Business Language 2.1
What is UBL?
UBL (Universal Business Language) is an international standard developed by OASIS to define XML formats for business documents. It serves as the basis for many European national standards (XRechnung, Peppol BIS) and the EN 16931 standard.
OASIS Standard
UBL is maintained by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), an international standardization consortium. Version 2.1 is the most widely used in Europe.
Document Types
UBL defines more than 60 types of business documents:
Invoice
Credit Note
Order
Despatch Advice
Catalogue
+60 types
Usage in Europe
UBL is used as a syntax in several European standards:
- ✓Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (main format)
- ✓XRechnung (one of two supported syntaxes)
- ✓European standard EN 16931 (reference syntax)
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