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vehicle.model

Model · Modell

Commercial description of the vehicle as printed in registration field D.3 or CoC item 0.2.1 (for example Golf, or Golf Variant), without the make. Configuration details sent in vehicle.configuration SHOULD NOT be repeated here. Not the type-approval type (vehicle.approvedType).

Key
vehicle.model
Row name (BT-160)
Modell [vehicle.model]
Model [vehicle.model]

The bare key vehicle.model is also accepted.

Tier
Core
Status
draft
Representation term
Name (implicit)
Value format
text, NFC, trimmed, no control or bidi characters, first character not = + - @, 1-60 characters
Grammar
^(?![=+@\s-])(?!.*\s$)[^\x00-\x1F\x7F\u200E\u200F\u202A-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]{1,60}$
Unit
none
Code list
none
Required when
MUST whenever known, all roles
Statutory feature
No
Repeatable
No, at most one row per line
Anchors
  • Directive 1999/37/EC code D.3 'commercial description(s)' (DE 'Handelsbezeichnung(en)')
  • CoC item 0.2.1 'commercial name(s)'
  • informative: CII ModelName, schema.org model, COVESA VSS Model, STAR Model
Carrier and binding
BG-32: BT-160 'Modell [vehicle.model]', BT-161 'Golf'. Factur-X EXTENDED MAY also mirror it in ram:ModelName (the row stays); the full marketing name stays in BT-153
Values in the test corpus
  • Golf
  • Tiguan
  • Passat
  • Octavia
Crosswalk (informative)

schema.org model; CII ModelName; COVESA VSS Model; STAR Model

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Source and changes
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