ACORD XML Documents

Each XML document has three distinct parts:

• Envelope

• Header

• Body

The parts are presented as a hierarchy: the envelope is the root, which contains the header and the body. Elements of an ACORD XML document that contain other elements are called aggregates.

The envelope and header provide information required by the XML converter and by other components in the connector. The services identify the kind of business service affected by the information, and the messages provide the data that is being exchanged. There are elements that precede the message proper, which specify the versions of XML and ACORD.

The following image shows a sample ACORD XML document.