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Project Owner (PO):DG CNECT
Business Manager (BM): Maya Madrid
Solution Provider (SP): DIGIT
Project Manager (PM): Bogdan Dumitriu
Section 1: Project Management
Milestones Progress
Describe the progress made on the respective milestones throughout the reporting period. In case you wish to include information on future activities (next steps), please use the dedicated column and clearly separate tasks you have worked on throughout the reporting period from those you will work on in the future.
The main focus of this profile version is the upgrade to new cryptographic algorithms.
Public consultation started in June.
Milestone updated to reflect the full profile approval lifecycle, including public consultation and publication.
eDelivery SMP 2.0 profile
80%
The main focus of this profile version is the upgrade to new cryptographic algorithms and support SMP 2.0.
Public consultation started in June.
Milestone updated to reflect the full profile approval lifecycle, including public consultation and publication.
Conformance testing service: Full support for eDelivery AS4 1.15 profile
17%
Conformance testing service: Extended coverage of eDelivery AS4 1.15 Common Profile
15%
Migration to GITLab
Q4 2024
12%
The preliminary exercise of duplicating the DomiSMP and Domibus project in GITLab for viability test purposes concluded. Activity on hold until Q1 2024.
Define and implement a new documentation model for the eDelivery sample implementations
45%
Due to the absence of capacity of the TO, the activities have been progressing sluggishly due to the limited support provided to the Technical writer. A new date will be indicated following the re-planning.
Newsroom account for eDelivery (for mailing list management)
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10%
Milestone will be considered completed when we have a newsroom with at least 1 newsletter approved by PO.
AGM issues in process of being solved. Communication with stakeholders.
eDelivery Interoperability Forum 28 November 2023
15%
Preliminary Agenda includes presentation from one eDelivery project, changes to the presentation of suppliers and conformance testing.
Overall Project Progress
Technical
Public consultation of eDelivery AS4 2.0 and SMP 2.0 profiles open, set to end on . No feedback received so far.
A significant contribution to a third party library (Apache WSS4J™ - Web Services Security for Java) is being prepared to be submitted to the library maintainers. This contribution will enable both Domibus (as of version 6.0) and all other Java-based eDelivery Access Point implementations to be able to implement support for the algorithms introduced by the new profile.
Domibus 5.1.1 (significant) bug fix release postponed to the in order to include the latest fixes introduced in 5.0.7 and a further postponement might be required due to additional bugs recently detected.
Domibus 5.2 RC development activities ongoing in parallel, but the roadmap of 2024-2025 may have to be reviewed in light of the extensive work required for Domibus 5.0.6, 5.0.7 and 5.1.1 patch releases.
DomiSML 4.3 RC released on the . DomiSML 4.3 FR is planned for .
With the migration to the new conformance testing platform complete, work is ongoing to:
strengthen the testing of the eDelivery Common Profile (the mandatory part of the profile that is implemented by all conformant products)
extend the tests to allow software vendors and service providers to test their products/services also against all the optional parts of the eDelivery AS4 1.15 profile, as currently only 2 (of 6) such optional profile parts are testable.
Miscellaneous
Significant developments:
DIGIT provided the last round of comments to the draft Implementing Regulation for eFTI and will discuss them with DG MOVE.
DIGIT preparing to send comments to a Luxembourg-led study about eDelivery to ensure the building block is correctly portrayed.
DIGIT received a request for collaboration from the eArchiving building block in order to technically support and, on a communication level, promote the eArchiving building block to institutional users of eDelivery who may have this requirement.
Project support:
Initial request to support collection of statistics in Peppol was reworked into a generic approach (to be implemented) in order to support statistics collection in any project.
Request to support qualified certificate received (indirectly) from the Belgian federal government. Under analysis, but it may involve cooperation with the eSignature building block.
Onboarding & Communication
The eDelivery newsletter no. 5 was circulated on with 1352 recipients: https://europa.eu/!pKrxHN (about 12% increase in subscribers compared to the previous issue circulated in June 2023).
The eDelivery webinar on eDelivery value proposition planned for has 133 registered participants (the largest audience so far).
New project onboarding: CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) from DG TAXUD
eDelivery invited to support events:
IHE-Europe Experience Days 2023 with a presentation on interoperability in sectors other than health
eu-LISA masterclass on taking over the use of eDelivery in the framework of the e-CODEX project
ENTSOG Workshop on Data Exchange and Cybersecurity in the energy sector with a presentation on the upcoming security changes in eDelivery
Technical Progress
Specifications: eDelivery AS4 Profile
No feedback received for the consultation so far.
A significant contribution to a third party library (Apache WSS4J™ - Web Services Security for Java) is being prepared to be submitted to the library maintainers. This contribution will enable both Domibus (as of version 6.0) and all other Java-based eDelivery Access Point implementations to be able to implement support for the algorithms introduced by the new profile.
Software product: Domibus
Works on a Domibus 5.0.7 bug fix release initiated, release date yet to be defined.
Improved the MessageLog search in the Admin Console
Performance improvements
Several bug fixes
Domibus 5.1.1 bug fix release postponed to the in order to include the latest fixes introduced in 5.0.7 | Further postponement might be required due to additional bugs recently detected, assessment is ongoing.
Domibus 5.2 RC development activities ongoing in parallel, but the roadmap of 2024-2025 may have to be reviewed in light of the extensive work required for Domibus 5.0.6, 5.0.7 and 5.1.1 patch releases.
Software product:DomiSMP
DomiSMP 5.1 RC development activities were initiated on the .
DomiSMP 5.0.1 release is being equated for Q1 2024 for bug fixes and 3rd party library update purposes.
Software product: DomiSML
DomiSML 4.3 RC released on the . DomiSML 4.3 FR is planned for .
Analysis to strengthen the testing of the eDelivery Common Profile (the mandatory part of the profile that is implemented by all conformant products) is ongoing.
Software product: Docker images
Docker images for Domibus 5.1.x in a Tomcat + MySQL configuration – production readiness activities ongoing. Stress concluded. Load tests to be initiated. This is an OOTS requirement.
Service: PKI Service
A termination clause is being added to the PKI Service GTC to highlight DIGIT's right to interrupt the service in the future.
Service: SML Service
A termination clause is being added to the SML Service GTC to highlight DIGIT's right to interrupt the service in the future.
The number of handled SMT tickets increased in August 2023 compared to the previous month, while the number of opened SMT tickets remained stable during the last 4 months. Requests from are questions on Domibus and the different plugins, Domibus migration and migration scripts, AS4 connectivity test issues, etc.
Email interaction:
For eDelivery, received mails were related to:
Requests for AS4 connectivity test with Skyport
Conformance test request for RIM Reporting Interface Module (RIM) V2 with new GITB conformance testing platform
Project with Poland Ministry of Digital Affairs and with EPPO: meeting organised and technical questions answered
Questions from users: Domibus (issues with large attachments, Domibus on Docker, upgrade from 4.2.9 to 5.0, questions on WS plugin, multitenancy and plugins, issue with message stuck in WAITING_FOR_REPLY in admin console), SML/SMP (SMP/SMK certificate update/renewal, participants registration on SML), PKI certificates (EPREL, ECDB, UDB and EUDAMED), Peppol question on AS4 implementation and signing of AS4 Error messages, TAPAS (ICS2 connectivity test assistance requests (re-directed to the National service desks), AS4 connection issue with Air France KLM)
There was a total of 580 emails in the FMB. We have removed 62 emails for SML Inconsistency and 7 emails from PKI CommisSign from the count, which makes a total of 511 received mails for the reporting month.
PKI:
In August 2023, 6 certificates were issued: 1 ECDB and 6 EPREL.
Operations management:
SML – Availability:
The achieved availability for SML service within the target for the month of August
