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Certificate Management KIT​

Vision & Mission​

Our vision is to make the provisioning and exchange of company certificates as easy as possible.

Therefore our mission is to provide a reliable and efficient solution through a standardized API and data model. The aim is to simplify the certificate management process and enhance date accuracy.

Use case​

In the world of business, company certificates are often mandatory for conducting transactions between two companies. However, the process of provisioning, maintaining, and validating these certificates can be a major challenge. For example, if a company has 100 customers, they may need to provide their company certificates in 100 different ways and maintain them at 100 different points. To address this issue, a use case has been developed that provides a standardized but generic data model for company certificates. This allows companies to provide and exchange certificates on a defined standard within the scope of the Catena-X dataspace. The second part of this use case focuses on the technological aspect of providing and validating certificates via an interface.

This is the main use case: Certificate management use case 1

But there is more - Businesses will have the ability to provide & store their company certificates in a centralized location within the data space, allowing other companies to easily access and verify the certificates through the portal. This streamlined approach to certificate management will enhance efficiency and accuracy. Certificate management use case 2

The company certificate data model is closely linked to the business partner data model, as it utilizes the business partner number (BPN) as a primary identifier to map certificates to companies or their respective sites.

Business value​

For solution providers: Solution providers / app provider can use the standardized API and data model to validate and manage company certificates, allowing partners and customers in the data space to easily access this information.

For data consumers and providers: Data prosumers can both provide and consume company certificates from various solution providers using a standardized API and data model. Additionally, this API and data model enables peer-to-peer exchange of company certificates between partners via EDC.

Standards​

The API specification is already standardized and represents the data model for company certificates.

CX 0135 Company Certificate Management Standard v1.0.0

Notice​

This work is licensed under the CC-BY-4.0.

  • SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023,2024 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023,2024 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023,2024 SAP SE
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023,2024 Mercedes-Benz Group AG
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  • Source URL: BPDM Certificate Management GitHub repository