3 sections of the spec have been updated and published as 2017A. The schema has been updated to version 10.4.

These changes are to:

  • align the spec with the schema version 10.4
  • align the Reference Data from Appendix 2 published as xml

If you are actively working on A2C please contact a2cenquiries@jcq.org.uk to obtain access to the updated spec and change log, the schema and change log, and the reference data xml.

The 2018 spec (which will contain these changes) will be published on the JCQ site in January 2018.

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