Rule reference

BR-DE-28 The seller contact email address (BT-43) must contain exactly one "@", flanked by at least two characters on each side and by neither a space nor a dot, and must not begin or end with a dot

The seller contact email address (BT-43) must contain exactly one "@", flanked by at least two characters on each side and by neither a space nor a dot, and must not begin or end with a dot. "Buchhaltung <rechnungen@acme.example>" does not satisfy that shape.

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Business term
BT-43
Severity
warning

What the library returns

The exact object in result.errors when this rule fires. Generated by running @attestwire/en16931, not transcribed:

TeachingError
{
  "rule": "BR-DE-28",
  "field": "BT-43",
  "severity": "warning",
  "message": "The seller contact email address (BT-43) must contain exactly one \"@\", flanked by at least two characters on each side and by neither a space nor a dot, and must not begin or end with a dot. \"Buchhaltung <rechnungen@acme.example>\" does not satisfy that shape.",
  "fix": "Supply a single, plain email address — no display name, no angle brackets, no comma-separated list.",
  "example": "\"email\": \"rechnungen@example.de\"",
  "xpath": "/ubl:Invoice/cac:AccountingSupplierParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:ElectronicMail",
  "docsUrl": "https://attestwire.com/rules/BR-DE-28"
}

xpath locates the element in the generated UBL document, which is where a KoSIT or Peppol validator will report the same problem.

A passing value

the shape this field expects
"email": "rechnungen@example.de"

The fix

Supply a single, plain email address — no display name, no angle brackets, no comma-separated list.

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