CEN/TC 331 N 574

Postal Services - Hybrid Mail - A mail switch for postal processing

Scope

The work item will address the following questions:
- What message items are to be processed by the Mail Switch?
- What attributes are already present in/with these messages?
- Desktop research on existing similar applications
- Mapping of existing and expected requirements
- Survey to establish future needs

Based on this the work item will give the following deliverables:

- Definition of possible message items to be processed by a Mail Switch
- Definition of existing and required attributes to process such messages in a postal way
- Definition of how a postal system can manage the flow of data
- Rules and processes
- Decision hierarchy (who decides what)
- Message flows (flow and conversion of message items)
- Information flow (decisions, receipts, billing information, etc.)
- Draft for a Mail Switch System including existing and future building blocks