eInvoicing - support for XML output in Publisher? (Suggestion/Request)

[TravisL]

I came aware of mandatory eInvoicing in Germany, requiring some XML or PDF-XML hybrid export formats for invoices from the PDF Association post E-invoicing is coming fast. It's possible other regions will adopt e-Invoicing requirements considering it's so common these days. Will there be support for these formats in future in Publisher?

Some formats discussed on this other page (BDO - Germany - Mandatory e-invoicing)

• ZUGFeRD: Hybrid format: Human-readable PDF/A-3 with an embedded XML file in the syntax "Cross-Industry Invoice" (CII)
• XRechnung: XML file in the syntax "Cross-Industry Invoice" (CII)
• XRechnung: XML file in the "Universal Business Language" (UBL) syntax

Currently I make all my PDFs in Publisher, but it'd be great to be able to make it compatible with XML formats or something similar as an output format so it meets eInvoicing requirements. For now I'm thinking of just making alternate XML format templates available to match the information in my invoices, but it would be less work involved if it could be done in Publisher itself.