PINT

Peppol International model for Billing, the base for country e-invoicing profiles.

Definition

PINT defines a common UBL-based information model and core syntax binding so that each jurisdiction (Japan, Australia/New Zealand, Malaysia, EU…) can publish an aligned specialisation rather than a fully divergent format. It distinguishes aligned extensions (jurisdiction data expressed in general terms understood by all) from distinct extensions (domain-specific rules). It succeeds the original BIS Billing approach for cross-border use.

Origin

Developed and maintained by the OpenPeppol AISBL Post Award Coordinating Community (PoAC); published as the Peppol International (PINT) model for Billing on docs.peppol.eu.

Example in context

A Japanese invoice uses the PINT specialisation <cbc:CustomizationID>urn:peppol:pint:billing-1@jp-1</cbc:CustomizationID>, derived from the shared PINT billing model.

Related terms

• Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 — the EU-focused billing specification.
• EN 16931 — the European semantic core invoice model.