Exchange Header Envelope (#XHE) V1.0 from the #BDXR TC approved as a Committee Specification
OASIS is pleased to announce that Exchange Header Envelope (XHE) Version 1.0 from the OASIS Business Document Exchange (BDXR) TC [1] has been approved as an OASIS Committee Specification.
The Exchange Header Envelope (XHE) specifies an XML vocabulary for expressing, in machine-processable syntax, the semantics of describing either a header to or an envelope for a set of payloads of content. This is distinct from any transport-layer infrastructure header or envelope that may be required to propagate documents from one system to another.
The metaphor of a paper envelope in which one places business documents for transport or management is an apt way to describe the role of an exchange header envelope. Concepts of routing, authentication, non-repudiation and concealment all apply in both the metaphor and the electronic equivalent.
XHE is developed jointly by UN/CEFACT and OASIS. It is the successor to the UN/CEFACT Standard Business Document Header (SBDH) version 1.3 and the OASIS Business Document Envelope (BDE) version 1.1. The vocabulary is modeled using the UN/CEFACT Core Component Technical Specification Version 2.01 [CCTS 2.01].
This Committee Specification is an OASIS deliverable, completed and approved by the TC and fully ready for testing and implementation.
The prose specifications and related files are available here:
Exchange Header Envelope (XHE) Version 1.0
Committee Specification 02
05 September 2019
Editable source (Authoritative):
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/xhe-v1.0-cs02.xml
HTML:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/xhe-v1.0-cs02-oasis.html
PDF:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/xhe-v1.0-cs02-oasis.pdf
Model:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/mod/
Schema:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/xsd/
Runtime schema:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/xsdrt/
Distribution ZIP file
For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the prose specification and related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP file here:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/cs02/xhe-v1.0-cs02.zip
Members of the BDXR TC approved this specification by Special Majority Vote. The specification had been released for public review as required by the TC Process [2]. The vote to approve as a Committee Specification passed [3], and the document is now available online in the OASIS Library as referenced above.
Our congratulations to the TC on achieving this milestone and our thanks to the reviewers who provided feedback on the specification drafts to help improve the quality of the work.
========== Additional references:
[1] OASIS Business Document Exchange (BDXR) TC
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/bdxr/
[2] Public reviews:
* 30-day public review, 30 April 2018:
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201804/msg00008.html
– Comment resolution log:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/csprd01/xhe-v1.0-csprd01-comment-resolution-log.xlsx
* 15-day public review, 09 August 2019:
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201908/msg00004.html
– Comment resolution log:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/bdxr/xhe/v1.0/csprd02/xhe-v1.0-csprd02-oasis-comment-resolution-log.txt
[3] Approval ballot:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=3423