Use of XCBL in XI

Hello,
the scenario I want to configure is the following :
ORDERS05 -> IDoc Adapter -> XI -> HTTP Adapter -> Supplier HTTPS server
The supplier told us that we should send him Purchase Orders compliant to the XCBL standard (http://www.xcbl.org).
So I downloaded a zip file on this website containing a library of XSD files. There are about 30 XSD concerning Order Management (like BaseItemDetailType.xsd, OrderDatesType.xsd, etc.)
As far as I know the usual way to use XSD in XI is :
1. create a data type
2. import the XSD file coresponding to this data type
But this way of working wouldn't be very efficient with XCBL, because I would have to create so many data types just for one interface, and I guess the XSD imports in XI would fail (the XSD reference each others like this <xsd:import namespace="rrn:org.xcbl:schemas/xcbl/v4_0/core/core.xsd" schemaLocation="../../core/core.xsd" />, and I am not sure XI would understand something like ="../../core/core.xsd).
Does anyone know what is the correct way to use this XCBL library in XI ? I guess it must be possible because on the XCBL website, SAP is displayed as a partner of this standard...
Thank you in advance for any help.
Regards,
Julien

Give me your email address and I will send you the proper XSD for XCBL30. And no, you do not need to pull the others in, this one has the full blown structure in it. Also, if you want the 3.5 or 4.0 version, then you need to download the single root version from XCBL.org, NOT the first Component download on the website. This will be used in XI.
After you have it or I email it to you, I will wlk you through the process if you still hae problems. You may find that the problem do not exist anymore for the messages missing. It is hard to explain in a post
My email is [email protected]
Kind Regards,
Chris

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