OrderReference

UBL CommonAggregateComponents element used for order-to-invoice traceability.

Definition

OrderReference [0..1] carries the buyer's order identifier (cbc:ID) and optionally the supplier's sales-order identifier (cbc:SalesOrderID) plus issue date, providing the header-level link from an Invoice, CreditNote or DespatchAdvice to its originating Order. It is the coarse counterpart of cac:OrderLineReference, which links at the line level.

Origin

Defined in the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) v2.1 specification (OASIS Standard, 2013), in the CommonAggregateComponents schema (cac: namespace).

Example in context

<cac:OrderReference><cbc:ID>PO-4500012345</cbc:ID><cbc:SalesOrderID>SO-998877</cbc:SalesOrderID></cac:OrderReference>

Related terms

• UBL Order — the document this reference points back to.
• UBL CommonAggregateComponents — the cac: namespace defining this aggregate.