Data service public procurement

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eForms support

Different eForms versions are currently supported and processed according to the following example. In future, both subthreshold and above-threshold notices will be accepted by the Vermittlungsdienst exclusively in eForms DE format.

Overview of existing eForms-DE versions and the associated technical artifacts and tools:

eForms validation

All notices are validated when they are transmitted to the Vermittlungsdienst before they are accepted by the system. Validation is carried out using a combination of XML schema validation and Schematron validation. As a result, a validation report is returned in JSON format.

One option for offline validation, as performed by the Vermittlungsdienst, is the open source validator: https://github.com/EFA-FHB/eforms-validator-core.

Validation blacklist

National tailoring results in differences between values permitted in the EU and nationally, for example in code lists and the customizationID: certain EU rules must therefore be skipped in order to validate valid documents according to German tailoring.

The following rules should be ignored: