What is a Document ID and how should we create it?

What is a Document ID and how should we create it?

Please refer to the eCM Standard located on the homepage of the Users Area, "6.1 Naming and Typing Conventions":

6.1.2 - Document IDs

Often, documents are listed in reporting tools, as XSL stylesheets, etc. To provide a common syntax that is comprehensible and maintains uniqueness, a rule for creating unique

Document IDs is defined as follows:

A composition of the following components NOT exceeding a total character length of more then 50 characters in all:
  • Document type abbreviation (e.g. “CNF” for Trade Confirmation)
  • DateCode (8 characters, in yyyymmdd format),
  • Locally & daily unique TradeID (or Strategy ID) (min. 10 characters) of the sender side
  • “@”
  • Sender identification, i.e. domain name or EIC Code of the sender.
Examples:
This document ID shall correspond with the MessageID of the ebXML Message Service and should be comprehensible for human users

6.1.3 - Document Types

There is no DocumentType field any more since document types can be derived from the XML Schema reference in a document instance. Moreover, the root element can be used to derive the document type.