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Information Exchange Package Documentation.

The information that is commonly or universally exchanged between participating domains can be organized into information exchange packages ( IEPs ) in the form of XML Schemas.

An example of this collection of information is data associated with an arrest.

The data to be exchanged includes not only descriptive and personal identification data regarding the individual arrested ( i. e., the person component described above ) but also information about the person's alleged offense, the location of the offense, the arresting officer, etc.

The IEP represents a set of data that is actually transmitted between agencies for a specific business purpose ( e. g., initiating a charging document by the local prosecutor ).

It includes the actual XML instance that delivers the payload or information.

Additional information regarding this specific exchange can be further documented in the form of an information exchange package documentation ( IEPD ), which also contains data describing the structure, content, and other artifacts of the information exchange.

An IEPD supports a specific set of business requirements in an operational setting.