LEDES Validation
LEDES Validation is a validation tool for LEDES e-billing file formats. LEDES Validation will validate LEDES 1998B, LEDES 1998BI, and LEDES 1998BI V2 and LEDES XML 2.0 LEDES e-billing files. Simply upload your LEDES e-billing file to this tool and click Submit. LEDES Validation validates for business rules and data formats. Validation logic is based on the rules set forth by the LEDES Oversight Committee (see http://www.ledes.org)
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LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) Format Specifications
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LEDES 1998B
LEDES 1998B is an ASCII, pipe delimited format and is currently the most-widely used ebilling standard in the legal industry.
LEDES 2000
LEDES 2000 (L2K) is the successor to LEDES 1998B which was released in final form to the public in January of 1999.
LEDES 1998B-INTL (aka LEDES 1998BI)
LEDES 1998B-INTL (aka LEDES 1998BI) was released in 2005 as an extension of the LEDES 1998B standard. It contains additional fields intended to meet global e-billing requirements.
LEDES 1998B-INTL Version 2 (aka LEDES 1998BI V2)
LEDES 1998B-INTL VESRION 2 (aka LEDES 1998BI V2) was released as an extension of the LEDES 1998B standard. It contains additional fields intended to meet global e-billing requirements.
LEDES XML Version 2.0
LEDES XML 2.0, released in 2006 is the successor to LEDES XML 2000 and contains additional fields intended to meet global e-billing requirements. The format has not been widely adopted.
LEDES XML Version 2.1
LEDES XML 2.1, released in 2008 is the successor to LEDES XML 2.0 and contains additional fields intended to meet global legal e-billing requirements. As of January 2010 there is no known use of this format. LEDESense is the only commercially rereleased software product that reads and writes the LEDES XML 2.1 format.
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LEDES View Desktop Software
LEDES View is an easy to use utility that will help you read, edit, and create LEDES 1998B, LEDES 1998BI, and LEDES 1998BI V2 files.
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LEDESense Office Edition
Through Microsoft Word, LEDESense Office Edition allows you to read, edit, and create LEDES files in an invoice template. This tool supports LEDES 1998B, LEDES 1998BI, LEDES 1998BI V2, and LEDES XML 2000, LEDES XML 2.0, and LEDES XML 2.1 formats.
LEDES E-Billing File Formats at a Glance
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RORA Client Systems provides this free chart of all LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) e-billing file formats and how they relate to each other. All fields in LEDES 1998B, LEDES 1998BI, LEDES 1998BI V2 are represented along with their equivalents in LEDES XML 2000, LEDES XML 2.0 and LEDES XML 2.1.
Now for the first time you can see LEDES piped column to XML field mappings, LEDES field name changes between versions, LEDES data fields that are discarded in subsequent versions, LEDES data elements added in new versions, and LEDES data relations between and across versions.
LEDES e-billing file formats at a glance is an invaluable aid to anyone working with LEDES e-billing files or wanting to understand all the LEDES formats.
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