Meaning
Empty elements make interpretation ambiguous and may be rejected by the ruleset.
PEPPOL-EN16931-R008 · Peppol BIS Billing 3 · UBL
Peppol: document contains empty XML elements
Empty elements make interpretation ambiguous and may be rejected by the ruleset.
Typical cause
Optional fields were generated even though no value was available.
Affected fields / XML paths
//*[not(node())]Invalid example
<cbc:BuyerReference/>Corrected example
<!-- Element auslassen oder mit gültigem Wert befüllen -->Remediation steps
- Identify empty elements.
- Remove optional empty fields.
- Populate mandatory fields with supported values.