XML invoice specification

Question

I am writing an application which produces invoices. Yes, it sucks. I was wondering it there was any agreed upon DTD for invoices? It seems like everybody has their own format. Perhaps there is a collection of XSLTs for tranforming a common standard into lesser known formats?

Answer 1

I haven't been involved in this kind of stuff since 2001, so forgive me if my knowledge is stale.

Back in the day, ebXML and RosettaNet were the places to go for this kind of stuff. It appears that ebXML invoice specs live on under OASIS UBL TC. I have no idea if RosettaNet is still alive in any form.

There's also a lot of software in the field. Take a look at DataDirect, BizTalk, and WebMethods