A hybrid electronic invoice carries two representations of the same document: a page a person can read, and a machine-readable XML an accounts system can post. The European FACTUR-X, German ZUGFeRD and Order-X standards embed that XML inside a PDF/A-3 container. This release lets the platform open the container and read the structured invoice directly.
Structured data, not scraping
- Embedded XML, extracted. The reader walks the document's embedded-file catalogue and returns the invoice XML as structured content, so a supplier invoice is posted from typed fields rather than parsed off a rendered layout.
- Content and metadata together. Each attachment is returned with its name, relationship, media type and description, so the invoice payload is distinguished from any other file the document carries.
- Bytes or text. An extracted attachment is available as raw bytes or as a string, so it flows straight into validation, storage or a posting routine with no intermediate file on disk.
Where it fits
- Cross-border receivables. FACTUR-X and ZUGFeRD are the incoming format for a growing set of European trading partners; reading them natively removes a manual re-keying step from accounts payable.
- Order-X for procurement. The same extraction path reads Order-X, so structured purchase orders arriving as hybrid PDFs enter the system as data.
This release adds extraction only: the platform reads hybrid invoices, it does not produce them. Existing PDF handling is unchanged, and extraction runs against standard PDF/A-3 documents with no supplier-specific configuration.