Validate an e-invoice against EN 16931 schematron rules before transmission

domain: github.com/ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931 · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Download the latest validation artefacts release from the ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931 GitHub repository (current release v1.3.16 as of 2026-04-10)
  2. Select the syntax-appropriate schematron: UBL 2.1 or CII D16B, found under ubl/schematron/ or cii/schematron/ respectively
  3. Compile the .sch file to XSLT using a Schematron processor such as Saxon or the pre-compiled .xslt files included in the release
  4. Apply the compiled XSLT to your invoice XML and capture the SVRL output
  5. Parse SVRL for failed-assert elements; treat any BR-* rule failures as blocking errors and flag W-* rules as warnings

Known gotchas

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