Current release information

Main changes

• Several changes have been 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 has been changed. The instructions and examples have been updated to clarify the use of this attribute (CHANGE-3835).
• The ‘Colour rendering index (CRI)’ (productCharacteristicValueMeasurement) attribute has been changed. This attribute will only be used to provide a value for ‘colourRenderingIndexMin’. The information related to ‘Average life’ has been moved to a separate attribute (CHANGE-4309). 
• The ‘Product characteristic code’ (productCharacteristicCode) attribute has been 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 has been 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 have been harmonised. Where possible, a uniform set of ‘if’ and ‘then’ statements has been applied. This harmonisation will not affect the technical functionality of the validation. In the validation document, these changes have been indicated in the ‘COMMENT GS1’ column with the note:
‘Harmonised rule description, no technical impact.’.