Core Components Data Type Catalogue Version 3.1 …

1 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 1 of 121 core Components data Type Catalogue Version 17 October 2011 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 2 of 121 Abstract CCTS defines the rules for developing core data types and Business data types to define the value domains for Basic core Compo-nents Basic core component Properties, Basic Business Information Entities, and Basic Business Information Entity Properties. CCTS also stipulates that UN/CEFACT will publish a comprehensive list of approved CDTs and BDTs. This data Type Catalogue meets that re-quirement. It contains the UN/CEFACT defined core data types (CDTs). BDTs will be published in UN/CEFACT Directory Releases as part of the core component Library.

2 This Catalogue also contains a detailed listing and explanation of the underlying primitive types used by the data types . Additionally, the XML Schema Definition (XSD) of the implied data types are provided as a hypertext link in appendix A. Appendix B defines the UN/EDIFACT mappings. This Catalogue will be maintained by the UN/CEFACT Applied Technologies Group (ATG) using the data maintenance request (DMR) procedures for data types contained in Appendix Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 3 of 121 Contents 1 1 STATUS OF THIS DOCUMENT 14 2 2 DISCLAIMER 15 3 3 INTRODUCTION 16 RELATED DOCUMENTS 16 CONTACT INFORMATION 16 4 4 CCTS data TYPE CONCEPTS 17 VALUE DOMAINS 19 PRIMITIVE types 19 Allowed Primitives 19 LISTS AND SCHEMES 25 ALLOWED REPRESENTATION TERMS 25 5 5 core data types 27 AMOUNT.

3 TYPE 28 data Type Term 28 Dictionary Entry Name 28 Definition 28 Representation Term 28 Remarks 28 Usage Guidance 28 Amount. Type Content component 28 Amount. Type Supplementary Components 29 core Value Domains 29 BINARY OBJECT. TYPE 30 data Type Term 30 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 4 of 121 Dictionary Entry Name 30 Definition 30 Representation Term 30 Remarks 30 Usage Guidance 30 Binary Object. Content component 30 Binary Object. Type Supplementary Components 31 core Value Domains 31 CODE. TYPE 33 data Type Term 33 Dictionary Entry Name 33 Definition 33 Representation Term 33 Remarks 33 Usage Guidance 33 Code. Type Content component 34 Code. Type Supplementary Components 34 core Value Domain 34 DATE.

4 TYPE 36 data Type Term 36 Dictionary Entry Name 36 Definition 36 Representation Term 36 Remarks 36 Usage Guidance 36 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 5 of 121 Date. Type Content component 37 Date. Type Supplementary Components 37 core Value Domain 38 DATETIME. TYPE 39 data Type Term 39 Dictionary Entry Name 39 Definition 39 Representation Term 39 Remarks 39 Usage Guidance 39 Date Time. Type Content component 42 Allowed Date Time. Type Supplementary Components 42 core Value Domain 42 DURATION. TYPE 44 data Type Term 44 Dictionary Entry Name 44 Definition 44 Representation Term 44 Remarks 44 Usage Guidance 44 Duration. Type Content component 44 Duration.

5 Type Supplementary Components 45 core Value Domains 45 GRAPHIC. TYPE 46 data Type Term 46 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 6 of 121 Dictionary Entry Name 46 Definition 46 Representation Term 46 Remarks 46 Usage Guidance 46 Graphic. Content component 47 Graphic. Type Supplementary Components 47 core Value Domains 47 IDENTIFIER. TYPE 49 data Type Term 49 Dictionary Entry Name 49 Definition 49 Representation Term 49 Remarks 49 Usage Guidance 49 Identifier. Type Content component 49 Identifier. Type Supplementary Components 50 core Value Domains 50 INDICATOR. TYPE 52 data Type Term 52 Dictionary Entry Name 52 Definition 52 Representation Term 52 Remarks 52 Usage Guidance 52 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 7 of 121 Indicator.

6 Type Content component 52 Indicator. Type Supplementary Components 52 core Value Domains 53 MEASURE. TYPE 54 data Type Term 54 Dictionary Entry Name 54 Definition 54 Representation Term 54 Remarks 54 Usage Guidance 54 Measure. Type Content component 54 Measure. Type Supplementary Components 55 core Value Domains 55 NAME. TYPE 56 data Type Term 56 Dictionary Entry Name 56 Definition 56 Representation Term 56 Remarks 56 Usage Guidance 56 Name. Type Content component 56 Name. Type Supplementary Components 57 core Value Domains 57 NUMBER. TYPE 58 data Type Term 58 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 8 of 121 Dictionary Entry Name 58 Definition 58 Representation Term 58 Remarks 58 Usage Guidance 58 Number.

7 Type Content component 58 Number. Type Supplementary Components 59 core Value Domains 59 ORDINAL. TYPE 60 data Type Term 60 Dictionary Entry Name 60 Definition 60 Representation Term 60 Remarks 60 Usage Guidance 60 Ordinal. Type Content component 62 Ordinal. Type Supplementary Components 62 core Value Domains 62 PERCENT. TYPE 63 data Type Term 63 Dictionary Entry Name 63 Definition 63 Representation Term 63 Remarks 63 Usage Guidance 63 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 9 of 121 Percent. Type Content component 65 Percent. Type Supplementary Components 65 core Value Domains 65 PICTURE. TYPE 66 data Type Term 66 Dictionary Entry Name 66 Definition 66 Representation Term 66 Remarks 66 Usage Guidance 66 Picture.

8 Content component 66 Picture. Type Supplementary Components 68 core Value Domains 68 QUANTITY. TYPE 70 data Type Term 70 Dictionary Entry Name 70 Definition 70 Representation Term 70 Remarks 70 Usage Guidance 70 Quantity. Type Content component 72 Quantity. Type Supplementary Components 72 core Value Domains 72 RATE. TYPE 73 data Type Term 73 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 10 of 121 Dictionary Entry Name 73 Definition 73 Representation Term 73 Remarks 73 Usage Guidance 73 Rate. Type Content component 74 Rate. Type Supplementary Components 74 core Value Domains 75 RATIO. TYPE 77 data Type Term 77 Dictionary Entry Name 77 Definition 77 Representation Term 77 Remarks 77 Usage Guidance 77 Ratio.

9 Type Content component 77 Ratio. Type Supplementary Components 78 core Value Domains 78 SOUND. TYPE 79 data Type Term 79 Dictionary Entry Name 79 Definition 79 Representation Term 79 Remarks 79 Usage Guidance 79 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 11 of 121 Sound. Content component 79 Sound. Type Supplementary Components 81 core Value Domains 81 TEXT. TYPE 83 data Type Term 83 Dictionary Entry Name 83 Definition 83 Representation Term 83 Remarks 83 Usage Guidance 83 Text. Type Content component 83 Text. Type Supplementary Components 85 core Value Domains 85 TIME. TYPE 86 data Type Term 86 Dictionary Entry Name 86 Definition 86 Representation Term 86 Remarks 86 Usage Guidance 86 Time.

10 Type Content component 87 Time. Type Supplementary Components 87 core Value Domains 88 VALUE. TYPE 89 data Type Term 89 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) core Components data Type Catalogue Version Page 12 of 121 Dictionary Entry Name 89 Definition 89 Representation Term 89 Remarks 89 Usage Guidance 89 Value. Type Content component 90 Value. Type Supplementary Components 90 core Value Domains 90 VIDEO. TYPE 91 data Type Term 91 Dictionary Entry Name 91 Definition 91 Representation Term 91 Remarks 91 Usage Guidance 91 Video. Content component 91 Video. Type Supplementary Components 92 core Value Domains 92 6 6 USAGE RULES 94 7 APPENDIX A XSD REPRESENTATION 95 8 APPENDIX B UN/EDIFACT REPRESENTATION 96 B. 1 AMOUNT. TYPE 96 B.