An transaction instance must contain an identifier. The identifier enables positive referencing the document instance for various purposes including referencing between transactions that are part of the same process.

Cardinality
1..1
Namespace
cbc urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2
Example value
DA01234
Rules
Identifier/Error message Flag
BII2-T16-R003
A despatch advice MUST have a document identifier
fatal