UN/CEFACT Web Vocabulary
A linked data vocabulary for global supply chain processes including production, trade, transport, finance, regulation and conformity domains. An integration of Buy-Ship-Pay and UNTP plus all code lists.
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Conformity
Independent attestation that products and facilities meet defined rules.
See details →Trade
The commercial contract between buyer and seller and the goods it covers.
See details →Transport
The physical carriage of goods under transport contracts.
See details →Regulatory
Reporting goods and movements to customs and other authorities.
See details →Production
What a product is, what it is made of, and the lifecycle events that act on it.
See details →Finance
Settlement, funding and insurance of the trade.
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Documentation Highlights
Learn how the UN/CEFACT Web Vocabulary is structured, governed, published, and aligned with external vocabularies.
About the Vocab
Learn what the Vocab is and how its seven domains organise shared supply-chain concepts. Use this overview to find the documentation and vocabulary resources you need.
Read more →Architecture
See how the Vocab separates vocabulary meaning from message structure and contextual rules. Explore the standards, source files, build process, and published formats behind the vocabulary.
Read more →Governance
Understand the criteria for a well-governed vocabulary and how the Vocab meets them. Review its term lifecycle, versioning policy, change process, and audit trail.
Read more →Ontology
Explore the seven-domain framework connecting products, trade, transport, regulation, conformity, finance, and a shared core. Follow the model to find classes, properties, relationships, and code lists.
Read more →Code Lists
Browse the reusable reference code lists, grouped by scope: shared lists like country, currency and units at the top, then the domain-specific lists. The same lists that resolve as SKOS concept schemes on the vocabulary site.
Read more →External Vocabularies
Discover the external vocabularies that the Vocab reuses, references, imports, or maps to, and how it aligns its terms without duplicating them. Review owners, pinned versions, governance links, and the normative mappings with their fidelity tiers and status.
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