Notes about the maps

It is assumed that the schemas have been downloaded from the EPC website, unzipped, renamed, and placed in the correct location. See the release notes for instructions on downloading schemas.

These maps differ from the main validation maps in that they have much more schema validation than the main validation maps due to the EPC schemas having more restrictions in place. As a result, error messages generated from these maps will be different in many cases, but will produce an error message if the main map has produced an error for the same data.

The EPC schemas only allow fields that are shaded in yellow in the implementation guides. Using other fields will result in input validation errors, so if other fields are needed, then these maps should not be used.