This interface delivers invoices/credit notes created by IMS as an XML document using the format "openTrans 1.0" with the file extension ".XML"
actual release: 1.0.9.6
The data definition "openTrans" is a free available XML-based model supporting the handling of business processes under the administration of Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO. The interface and the needed XML-schemas can be received using this link.
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Please note that we are using the interface definitions release 1.0. The new interface definition 2.0 is not supported by IMS yet. |
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IMS is using the subset "openTRANS_INVOICE_1_0" of the interface system openTrans with a few modifications as an "IMS subset". This is needed to deliver some necessary codes and formats. This documentation describes this IMS subset. Please use only the XML schema which you can find here at the end of this page. |
specification | Description |
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file extension |
XML |
schema | IMS_CI_Schemas.openTRANS_INVOICE_1_0_all_in_one |
targetnamespec | <ns0:INVOICE version="1.0" xmlns:ns0="http://www.opentrans.org/XMLSchema/1.0"> |
release | release date | Description |
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1.0.9.6 | 23.11.2017 | Change release number to 1.0.9.6 (No changes happened to the XML structure) |
1.0.2.4 | 12.01.2012 | Implementation CXML |
1.0.0 | 01.10.2010 | release of production system |
File | Description |
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openTRANS_INVOICE_1_0_all_in_one File_V1096 | XML schema V 1.0.9.6 |
IMS_openTRANS_INVOICE_1_0_Example File_V1096 | XML-interface file with example data V 1.0.9.6 |
openTRANS_INVOICE_1_0_all_in_one File | XML schema |
IMS_openTRANS_INVOICE_1_0_Example File | XML-interface file with example data |