This document describes the changes between minor versions of cXML. For the changes between major versions, see the cXML User's Guide.
The CopyRequest element enables copying and forwarding of messages
to new recipients, similar to forwarding an e-mail messages. To accomplish this, a
new message is created and sent that includes the original message. At the moment this
request is rarely used within the Ariba infrastructure. Currently, it is primarily used by
Ariba CSN for service partners and might in the future be relevant for Marketplace
participants.
Better explanations of the country-related elements and attributes have been added to
the CountryCode element, and the isoCountryCode attribute on the
Address, Country, and CountryCode elements.
1.1.009
The data type of the of the Contact element's
optionalrole attribute has been changed from an enumeration containing endUser,
administrator, purchasingAgent, technicalSupport, customerService,
and sales, to a string with the same allowed values. This change enables the
usage of the Contact element to be more easily expanded.
An optional lastChangedTimestamp attribute has been
added to the Identity element. This attribute enables automatic
synchronization of data between systems.
An optional domain attribute has been added to the InternalID
element and provides scoping for this subscription catalogue identifier. The default
domain value is "NetworkSubscription".
An optional DocumentReference element has been added to the
OrderRequestHeader element. DocumentReference provides explicit links
between an update or delete action and the most recent OrderRequest for the
same order. DocumentReference contains the payloadID of the most
recent OrderRequest document in the list, not always the original OrderRequest
(with type set to "new").
DocumentReference and StatusUpdateRequest have been moved to
new locations within the cxml.dtd file. The consituent file status.mod
no longer exists.
1.1.008
New Entity for cXML Version
The cXML version string (for example, 1.1.008) is now stored in a single-parameter
entity named cxml.version. You can use this new entity to keep the version
number consistent throughout cXML documents. For example,
<!DOCTYPE cXML SYSTEM "http://xml.cXML.org/schemas/cXML/1.1.008/cXML.dtd">
<cXML version="&cxml.version;" payloadID="992662" xml:lang="en-US" timestamp="2000-03-12T18:39:09-08:00">
Using this technique is not recommended when interacting with non-validating XML
parsers. Non-validating parsers will have no version information as they load the cXML
document, and will behave as if the version attribute were absent.
SGML Entity-Redefinition Conditionalized
cXML 1.1 followed a general XML recommendation to redefine five entities (lt, gt, amp, apos, and quot) for interoperability with SGML parsers. However, it was found that these redefinitions cause some XML parsers to complain.
These redefinitions are now conditionalized for better compatibility with XML parsers.
In the future, commerce network platforms might have an option for setting the XML flag SGML-help
to trigger these redefinitions for interoperability with SGML parsers.
Transaction Definitions Rearranged
The definitions of the %cxml.messages, %cxml.requests, and %cxml.responses
entities have been moved to a separate module (Entities.mod) for improved
maintainability. By moving these definitions to Entities.mod, they appear
together within the .dtd, separate from their uses in the Message, Request,
and Response elements.
New License Agreement
The copyright notice in the .dtd and .mod files has been replaced by a reference to the license agreement on www.cxml.org:
For cXML license agreement information, please see
http://www.cxml.org/home/license.asp
1.1.007
Deterministic Declaration of cXML Element
The top-level cXML element has a new declaration:
Old element type
declaration:
<!ELEMENT cXML ((Header, Message) |
(Header, Request) | (Response))>
New declaration:
<!ELEMENT cXML ((Header, (Message |
Request)) | Response)>
The new declaration uses a deterministic grammar that is compatible with more XML parsers.
The proposed element name OrderReference was changed to DocumentReference
so that it is more generic.
Less Restrictive Data Type for Attributes
The data types of the following attributes have been changed from NMTOKEN to CDATA so that they can contain less restrictive data:
isoCountryCode
currency
alternateCurrency
xml:lang
December, 2000