Sovos Compliance Network uses a standard document format and a universal data mapping schema to convert, map, and validate complex data structures. This is referred to as a Standard Business Document (SBD).

The SBD consists of two parts:

Header

Provides the semantic information needed for routing, processing, and business domain context of documents.

Document

Contains the actual invoice or document in two possible formats:

Sovos Canonical Invoice (SCI)

Sovos Canonical Invoice (SCI), a Sovos standard, which was created based on the Universal Business Language (UBL2.1).

Sovos Legal Document

The local format for a specific country or Base64-encoded document.