Appendix to Annex B.1 - DTD1 for creating the XML2 file for batch payments
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EPO-batch-payment v1.0 DECEMBER 2004
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Contacts:
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Arie van Bart: avanbart@epo.org
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<!DOCTYPE EPO-batch-payment [
<!ELEMENT EPO-batch-payment (header,detail,trailer) >
<!ATTLIST EPO-batch-payment
dtd-version CDATA #REQUIRED date-produced CDATA #REQUIRED ro CDATA #REQUIRED >
<!ELEMENT header (sender,send-date,mode-of-payment,payment-reference-id?, receipt-request*) >
<!-- User Name-->
<!ELEMENT sender (name,registered-number?) >
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST name
name-type (legal | natural) #IMPLIED >
<!-- registered, customer number, Use for APPR and FREP-->
<!ELEMENT registered-number (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Date on which payment request is sent. Format YYYYMMDD.-->
<!ELEMENT send-date (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT mode-of-payment (account-no?) >
<!ATTLIST mode-of-payment
payment-type (charge | deposit) #REQUIRED currency CDATA #IMPLIED >
<!-- deposit account number-->
<!ELEMENT account-no (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Applicant's or agent's payment reference. 12 characters maximum.-->
<!ELEMENT payment-reference-id (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Receipt of the payment requested by user. Possible attribute values:
E: electronic receipt; (default)
P: paper receipt, specifying debited fees; O: other possible form of receipt;-->
<!ELEMENT receipt-request (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST receipt-request
receipt-code (E | P | O) #IMPLIED >
<!-- One record for each of the payments being made.-->
<!ELEMENT detail (fees+) >
<!ELEMENT fees (document-id,file-reference-id?,owner*,fee+) >
<!-- Document identification refers to patents and patent applications only. See WIPO ST.14.
In the case of EPO-batch-payment this must always be the application number.-->
<!ELEMENT document-id (country,doc-number,kind?,name?,date?) >
<!ATTLIST document-id
lang CDATA #IMPLIED >
<!-- Country: use ST.3 country code, e.g. DE, FR, GB, NL, etc. Also includes EP, WO-->
<!ELEMENT country (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT doc-number (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT kind (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Document Date. Format YYYYMMDD -->
<!ELEMENT date (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Applicant's or agent's file reference. 12 characters maximum.-->
<!ELEMENT file-reference-id (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Owner or applicant (reference number).-->
<!ELEMENT owner (#PCDATA) >
<!-- A fee (or payment) record.-->
<!ELEMENT fee (type-of-fee,fee-sub-amount,fee-factor,fee-reduction*, fee-total-amount,country*) >
<!ATTLIST fee
currency CDATA #IMPLIED >
<!-- A code that describes the payment being made.-->
<!ELEMENT type-of-fee (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Unitary value of the fee.-->
<!ELEMENT fee-sub-amount (#PCDATA) >
<!-- How many times is the fee applied. Default value = 1-->
<!ELEMENT fee-factor (#PCDATA) >
<!-- Any possible reductions applicable to this fee.-->
<!ELEMENT fee-reduction (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST fee-reduction
reduction-code CDATA #IMPLIED >
<!-- The total amount to be paid for this fee.
fee-total-amount = fee-sub-amount * fee-factor – sum(reductions)-->
<!ELEMENT fee-total-amount (#PCDATA) >
<!ELEMENT trailer (mode-of-payment?,batch-pay-total-amount+,total-records) >
<!-- The sum of all fees for this transaction-->
<!ELEMENT batch-pay-total-amount (#PCDATA) >
<!ATTLIST batch-pay-total-amount currency CDATA #REQUIRED >
<!-- Total number of records (=applications) to be debited in the batch.-->
<!ELEMENT total-records (#PCDATA) >
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