eInvoicing Services
eInvoicing Conformance testing
DIGITAL eInvoicing offers a test infrastructure that allows solution & service providers and public entities to check the compliance of their eInvoicing solution against the standard in a specific syntax: ISO/IEC 19845:2015 (UBL 2.1) or UN/CEFACT CII.
DIGITAL eInvoicing provides a ready to use testing platform, and supports the users of the DIGITAL eInvoicing Conformance Testing service during the entire testing process.
Who can use the service?
The DIGITAL eInvoicing Conformance Testing service is intended for the following types of users:
- Public Entities – Public entities are involved in the transposition and implementation of the Directive 2014/55/EU on electronic invoicing in public procurement, in the adaptation of EU and national policies and in handling initiatives or projects linked to (cross-border) interoperability. They apply to the conformance test to have their reference implementations and test suites installed in the testbed run by Interoperable Europe for their respective communities to use.
- Suppliers – Entities doing business using the European standard on eInvoicing. They are involved in the creation, usage and exchange of eInvoices according to national obligations.
- Service and Solution Providers - Involved in the design, operation and implementation of eInvoicing systems/solutions compliant with the Directive 2014/55/EU and the European standard on electronic invoicing (EN 16931-1:2017 semantic and CEN/TS 16931-2:2017 syntaxes) and wish to undertake interoperability testing. They can use the testbed to test their products’ connectivity against supported reference implementations, or the conformance of their messages against supported specifications).
Anyone, including those not eligible to directly use the ISA² test bed service, is free to download the test bed software and install a local instance in their own premises.
Benefits of using the service
The DIGITAL eInvoicing Conformance Testing service has been designed to generate a list of benefits to the users of the service:
- Testing supported by professional staff of the European Commission.
- Quick testing cycle with reduced cost and time.
- Testing anywhere at any time.
- Many testing processes on offer including a web form upload, a web service and the GITB platform using AS4 validations (see Process Overview Description document for details.
- Tests are fully domain-neutral, so they can be carried out on different platforms: Unix, Azure, Apple, Microsoft, etc.
Documentation
Service Offering Description - eInvoicing Conformance Testing
Last updated: March 2024
Disclaimer: The current version of the conformance service is based on the publicly available schematron validation artefacts. We advise you to always use the latest available version. The results may differentiate in time, and the DIGITAL eInvoicing team can’t guarantee the compatibility for past or future tests conducted.
Process Overview Description - eInvoicing Conformance Testing
Last updated: March 2024
The DIGITAL eInvoicing Conformance testing Process Overview Description is intended for solution and service providers and public entities that need detailed instructions for using the Conformance testing Service. This document is to be used as an extension of the eInvoicing Conformance testing Service Offering Description (SOD).
Get started
To get started, go to the testbed site and start the registration process as indicated in the Service Description Offering document above.
In the case of any issue, please contact us.