ACG 4401 Chapter 2 1

 Meta-Language  A language that can be used to create others (vocabularies) ▪ Universal Business Language (UBL) ▪ Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)  Application has sets of xml documents  Instance Document.xml ▪ contains the data (chapter 2 & Chapter 4)  Schema Document.xsd ▪ Describes allowed structure (data types, element names) of instance document (chapter 3)  Stylesheet.xsl ▪ Formatting instructions for data in the instance document (chapter 5)

 A language used to create other languages  Vocabularies  Describes:  Rules &  Syntax  For Structuring Documents!  Does NOT describe tag names 3

 Describes data objects known as  Computer processable item containing data and instructions  XML Documents  Instance, Schema, etc.  Describes rules and syntax for Well-Formed and Valid XML Documents 4

 Preferred way of moving data between software applications.  So why not use it to move accounting data? 5

 Well Formed documents  meet basic rules for XML (chapter 2)  Valid documents  Meets rules regarding structure, order and data- types as described in Schema (chapter 3) 6

TTags MMeta-data ▪d▪description of data enclosed within brackets ▪ <> opening /> closing EElement OOpening tag, data, and Closing tag ▪<▪<instructor>Dr. Hornik</instructor> AAttribute ▪D▪Data that adds meaning to the data adding meaning to the data ▪D▪Data describing the tag ▪<▪<Instructor Department=“Accounting”>Dr. Hornik</Instructor> XXML does not prescribe Tags to be used AAnyone can make up tags <tag> for any purpose as long as XML document is well- formed. 7

 Hierarchy  Child/Simple ▪ Encloses Data ▪ Dr. Hornik  Parent/Complex ▪ Does not enclose data ▪ Encloses/Contains other elements ▪  Dr. Hornik ▪  Root Element (special parent element) ▪ Encloses All other elements in Instance Document 8 Parent Child

1. The first line of an XML document must contain the prologue. 2. The main theme of the XML document – the root element - must enclose all the other elements in the document. There can be only one root element. 3. Every element must have an opening tag name <> and a closing tag name and they must match (case sensitive).  Documents can have empty elements. ▪

4. Elements must be properly nested, that is you close the tag that was opened last – think of tags as using a LIFO convention or more properly a LOFC Last Opened First Closed convention (though it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it). 5. Elements can have attributes.  Attributes follow the opening tag name ▪ attributeName=“attributeValue” ▪ attributeName is not included in the closing tag

 Every XML document starts with a prolog  It lets the XML enabled processor know that this is an XML document to be processed  UCS Transformation Format—8-bit) is a variable-width encoding that can represent every character in the Unicode character set.  Comment

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 Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)  Complete XML based library of business document  A Dictionary of standard, predefined element names and  A Library of standard, predefined documents  Where the elements can appear 14

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 When possible UBL uses the same structure for elements in different documents  PostalAddress can be used in:  Catalogue  Purchase Order  Invoice  … ▪ So it has the same structure ▪ Main St. ▪ 56A ▪ Newark ▪ ▪ DE ▪ ▪ USA ▪

 Each has a unique Root Element  Each has a required ID (child element)  Uniquely Identify document  Each has a required IssueDate (child element)  Determine when document is created  Optional IssueTime  Each has two Party elements (parent elements)  Provider/Supplier  Customer/Buyer  Each has at least one line element (parent element)  CatalogueLine  OrderLine

 UBL Schema’s UBL Schema’s 18

 Compare the non-Vocabulary (homegrown) based PO to the UBL PO 19

 UBL defines what the root element name is 

 Parent elements contain or enclose other elements  Root ( ) Parent of:  ▪  ▪  ▪ What are the Parent elements within this element?

 Attributes are contained within an opening element tag <>  attributeName=“attribute value”  Name-pair value   1

Processes Covered

 In-class/Windows use NotePad  Mac use TextWrangler  You must use a Text Editor (not a word processor)  XML editor – Exchanger XML Lite (PC and Mac)  Testing XML  Open in Browser (IE, Firefox, Safari??)  If it opens it’s well formed  If you receive an error message it’s not 24

 Assume Customers place Pizza Order over phone  What data is captured with order?  Customer ▪ Phone# ▪ Name ▪ Address  Order ▪ Items ▪ Delivery/Pickup ▪ Total Amount 25

 Sample Despatch Advice Sample Despatch Advice

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