Public Consultation on eDelivery 2.0 specifications

With a deadline of Monday, 8 April 2024, stakeholders are called to contribute to the updated specifications of the eDelivery AS4 2.0 and SMP 2.0 profiles, the newly updated BDXL 2.0 and ebCore Party Id 2.0 specifications. 

A second consultation?

In June 2023, the eDelivery team called for a consultation on the AS4 and SMP 2.0 specifications which presented several key updates to the specifications. As a result of incorporating the suggestions received via the public consultation as well as the internal evolution, the eDelivery team has updated the AS4 and SMP 2.0 specifications in a substantial way, and it has also added new eDelivery BDXL and ebCore Party Id 2.0 specifications.

The eDelivery team is dedicated to adapting the eDelivery suite of profiles to meet the changing needs of stakeholders and to facilitate smooth data exchange in the digital world. As these changes will impact all ecosystems using eDelivery, the team is seeking input from the community to gather thoughts and feedback via the current public consultation.

In pursuit of this effort, the eDelivery team already presented the adapted specifications in the eDelivery Interoperability Forum, which convenes vendors and service providers.

Due to the limited scope of the changes, the consultation period will be shorter than previous ones.

How to participate

The community is invited to either post feedback as comments on the public consultation pages linked underneath or send it by email to EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu by 8 April 2024. After this date there is no certainty that proposed changes or suggestions could be implemented in the specifications.

• For the Updated AS4 2.0 Draft Specification please post your comments here or send them to EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu with [eDelivery AS4 profile version 2.0] in the title of the email.
• For the Updated SMP 2.0 Draft Specification please post your comments here or send them to EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu with [eDelivery SMP profile version 2.0] in the title of the email.
• For the BDXL 2.0 Draft Specification please post your comments here or send them to EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu with [eDelivery BDXL profile version 2.0] in the title of the email.
• For the ebCore Party Id 2.0 Draft Specification please post your comments here or send them to EC-EDELIVERY-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu with [eDelivery ebCore Party Id profile version 2.0] in the title of the email.

Next steps

We recommend that everyone operating or preparing eDelivery-based ecosystems as well as eDelivery solution providers plan their adoption of the new specifications starting from now. Read about how eDelivery will support the adoption of these updated profiles. Exciting events, inclusive meetings and an interoperability event are on the horizon as we take a step into the future with eDelivery in 2024.

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