This standard establishes the requirements for exchanging packing declarations between members of a supply chain. Section 3.1 Terms and Definitions defines "packing." Although this standard contains only generic information regarding packing declaration, when combined with the latest version of the IPC-1751 sectional standard, the resulting document set defines the declaration information.

This standard pertains to both hard copy and electronic data descriptions. This standard provides for the creation of a record between trading partners, and therefore the data communicated may be used to help support and demonstrate due diligence in any subsequent representation based upon its contents. This standard is not intended for use by the public when making purchasing decisions.

Purpose

The purpose of this standard is to establish a data exchange standard for packing related information including a method for declaration of substance content and recycled content of packing materials between suppliers and their customers. The form, structure, and content of the declaration are intended to be conveyed electronically in a standard format, thereby providing consistency, efficiency, and integrity to the declaration process.

This sectional standard may be invoked several times depending on the nature of the Material Declaration Classification (see 1.2) and the appropriate "Use Case" describing Multiple Packing Configurations (see 5.) Each time this sectional is included in the "MainDeclaration" file, the name of the sectional shall be used.

The enumerated string "name" for the requirements of the IPC-1758 is identified as "PackingProductsDeclaration" as shown in Figure 1-2. The "names" of the subsections refer to the Declaration Classification and the Multiple Packing Configuration.