7.12 Structure of the Manifest Message

The high-level structure of the ManifestMessage is depicted in Figure 12 below. The message contains two XML attributes:

1. The AvsVersionId communicates the version of the allowed value sets used in the message. For information on how to use this XML attribute, refer to Clause 7.3; and

2. The MessageVersionId communicates the version of the ManifestMessage.

The ManifestMessage also contains six elements that communicate data about a batch of messages that have been created in accordance with the MWN standard:

1. The MessageHeader contains the header for the message;

2. The IsTestFlag indicates whether the message is a test message or not;

3. The MessageNotificationPeriod contains the period covered by the data in the messages in the batch;

4. The RootDirectory contains the root directory of the messages in the batch;

5. The NumberOfMessages contains the number of messages in the batch; and

6. The MessageInBatch communicates data describing the nature of the data in the messages that are provided in the batch.

Further information is provided in the XML Schema Definition file for this standard, which can be found on the DDEX Knowledge Base.

Figure 12 – Structure of the ManifestMessage (mandatory elements are framed and connected using thick lines; optional elements are not framed and connected by thin lines)