{"id":356399,"date":"2024-10-20T01:12:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T01:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/product\/uncategorized\/bsi-pd-cen-ts-167352015\/"},"modified":"2024-10-26T01:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T01:34:59","slug":"bsi-pd-cen-ts-167352015","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/product\/publishers\/bsi\/bsi-pd-cen-ts-167352015\/","title":{"rendered":"BSI PD CEN\/TS 16735:2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Technical Specification defines a uniform structure and meaning for the information that fully represents postal rates for a broad variety of postal products in all mail categories. The postal rates definition is viewed as an important interface between posts and their customers and as such will benefit from standardization. Such representation of postal rates allows automated systems to uniformly use postal rates as they are introduced for new products or updated for existing postal products by postal operators. A postal rate file (PRF) is an XML document, which fully describes postal products rates. It contains all necessary and sufficient information for both postal operators and their customers to efficiently create, respectively acquire, update and process postal product rates. The structure, types and constraints of XML elements in an XML document are defined by an XML schema. The Extensible Postal Rates (EPR) schema is the XML schema that governs Postal Rate Files.<\/p>\n

This Technical Specification contains a complete description of the EPR schema, its hierarchical structure, information types and semantics of its elements.<\/p>\n

This Technical Specification neither defines nor constraints how postal rates are created by postal operators but rather provide a powerful and flexible tool that supports efficient rates definition, management and distribution.<\/p>\n

This Technical Specification does not define communication protocols that can be used by posts to distribute postal rates files to their customers. Suitable communication protocols are typically well known and already standardized (for example: Web Services, File Transport Protocol, email, etc.). The standard also does not define valuation of postal products as applied by postal operators and their customers.<\/p>\n

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4<\/td>\nContents Page <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nForeword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nIntroduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nFigure 1 \u2014 Manual postal rates management and distribution process <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nFigure 2 \u2014 Automated postal rates management and distribution process <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 General Concepts
5.1 Extensible Common Structure and Representation for Postal Rates (EPR) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nFigure 3 \u2014 Interaction between mailers and postal operator <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nFigure 4 \u2014 Overall rate computation process <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nFigure 5 \u2014 Postal rate computation process <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n5.2 Using EPR for design, communication and processing of Postal Rates
5.3 Time <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n6 EPR XML Schema
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Structure of EPR Type
6.2.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nFigure 6 \u2014 Structure of the PostalRate Type <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n6.2.2 EPR attributes
6.2.2.1 Introduction
Figure 7 \u2014 EPR attributes
6.2.2.2 documentExpirationDate
6.2.2.3 documentId <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n6.2.2.4 dataIntegrityInformation
6.2.2.5 dataIntegrityInfoAlgorithm
6.2.2.6 dateStamp
6.2.2.7 Language
6.3 Dimensional weight <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nFigure 8 \u2014 Structure of DimensionalWeight element
Figure 9 \u2014 Inputs and output of dimensional weight calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n6.4 Calculated weight
6.4.1 General
Figure 10 \u2014 Structure of CalculatedWeight element
Figure 11 \u2014 Inputs and output of calculated weight calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n6.4.2 Weight rounding
Figure 12 \u2014 Structure of WeightRounding element
Figure 13 \u2014 Inputs and output of weight rounding calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n6.5 Zone or Distance
Figure 14 \u2014 Structure of ZoneOrDistance element
Figure 15 \u2014 Inputs and output of zone\/distance determination algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nFigure 16 \u2014 Example of determination of zone code from the product_key, origin and destination locations (UPS)
Figure 17 \u2014 Example of determination of zone code from the origin and destination locations (USPS)
6.6 Calculated distance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nFigure 18 \u2014 Structure of CalculatedDistance element
Figure 19 \u2014 Inputs and output of zone\/distance selection algorithm
6.7 Base amount
6.7.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nFigure 20 \u2014 Structure of BaseAmount element
Figure 21 \u2014 Inputs and output of base amount calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nFigure 22 \u2014 Example of base amount calculation using product key input (Royal Mail) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nFigure 23 \u2014 Example of base amount data table (USPS) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n6.7.2 Amount rounding
Figure 24 \u2014 Structure of AmountRounding element
Figure 25 \u2014 Inputs and output of base amount rounding calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n6.8 Distance and weight based fees
Figure 26 \u2014 Structure of DistanceAndWeightFees element
Figure 27 \u2014 Inputs and output of distance and weight fees calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n6.9 Dimension-based fees
Figure 28 \u2014 Structure of DimensionFees element
Figure 29 \u2014 Inputs and output of dimension-based fees calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n6.10 Value-based fees
Figure 30 \u2014 Structure of ValueFees element
Figure 31 \u2014 Inputs and output of value-based fee calculation algorithm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n6.11 Quantity-based fees
Figure 32 \u2014 Structure of QuantityFees element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nFigure 33 \u2014 Inputs and output of quantity-based fee calculation algorithm
6.12 Amount-based fees
Figure 34 \u2014 Structure of AmountFees element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nFigure 35 \u2014 Inputs and output of amount-based fee calculation algorithm
6.13 Date-based fees
Figure 36 \u2014 Structure of DateFees element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nFigure 37 \u2014 Inputs and output of date\/time-based fee calculation algorithm
6.14 Value added fees
Figure 38 \u2014 Structure of ValueAddedFees element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nFigure 39 \u2014 Inputs and output of value-added fee calculation algorithm
6.15 Generic fees
Figure 40 \u2014 Structure of GenericFees element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nFigure 41 \u2014 Inputs and output of generic fee calculation algorithm
6.16 Taxes
Figure 42 \u2014 Structure of Taxes element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nFigure 43 \u2014 Inputs and output of tax calculation algorithm
6.17 Customs charges
Figure 44 \u2014Structure of CustomCharges element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nFigure 45 \u2014 Inputs and output of customs charges calculation algorithm
6.18 EPR validity
Figure 46 \u2014 Structure of RatesValidityPeriod element <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n6.19 Terms and agreements
Figure 47 \u2014 Structure of TermsAndAgreements element
6.20 Information for human consumption <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nFigure 48 \u2014 Structure of InfoForHumanConsumption element
6.21 Foundation types
6.21.1 Table2D type <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nFigure 49 \u2014 Structure of Table2D type \u2013 top level <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nFigure 50 \u2014 Structure of Table2D type – detailed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n6.21.2 RowType type
Figure 51 \u2014 Structure of RowType type
6.21.3 DataElementType type
Figure 52 \u2014 Structure of DataElementType type <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n6.21.4 AlgorithmAndValue type
Figure 53 \u2014Structure of AlgorithmAndValue type
6.21.5 TimePeriodType type <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nFigure 54 \u2014 Structure of TimePeriod type
6.21.6 UpuDate type
6.21.7 DataIntegrityInfoAlgorithm type
6.21.8 DataIntegrityInfoAlgorithmEnum enumeration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n6.21.9 CodeListType type <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nAnnex A (informative) Example of EPR definition file \u2013 La Poste COLISSIMO OUTRE-MER <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nAnnex B (informative) Example of EPR definition file \u2013 USPS First Class Single Piece <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nAnnex C (informative) Example of XML schema for base amount calculation using product key input <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nAnnex D (informative) EPR schema files <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nAnnex E (informative) Intellectual property <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nBibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Postal services. Extensible Common Structure and Representation for Postal Rates. EPR<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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