Current release information

Main changes

• Several changes will be made to attribute definitions to harmonise within the BeNeLux. These changes are textual only and have no content impact. See the ‘CHANGE-4334’ tab in the release notes for more details.
• The ‘Additional legal product information’ (compulsoryAdditiveLabelInformation) attribute will be changed. The instructions and examples have been updated to clarify the use of this attribute (CHANGE-3835).
• The ‘Colour rendering index (CRI)’ (productCharacteristicValueMeasurement) attribute will be changed. This attribute will only be used to provide a value for ‘colourRenderingIndexMin’. The information related to ‘Average life’ will be moved to a separate attribute (CHANGE-4309). 
• The ‘Product characteristic code’ (productCharacteristicCode) attribute will be added. This attribute makes it possible to share the code that describes a product characteristic, such as ‘colourRenderingIndexMin’ (CHANGE-4309).
• The ‘Average life’ (averageLife) attribute will be added. This ensures that this information can continue to be shared while complying with GDSN rules (CHANGE-4309).

Harmonisation of validation rule descriptions

The rule descriptions for validations will be harmonised. Where possible, a uniform set of ‘if’ and ‘then’ statements will be applied. This harmonisation will not affect the technical functionality of the validation. In the validation document, these changes will be indicated in the ‘COMMENT GS1’ column with the note:
‘Harmonised rule description, no technical impact.’.