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Catena-X Standards​

  • 2 new standards, completing the set of Catena-X' initial use cases
  • 12 updated standards to ensure quality
  • 1 deprecated standards in the course of consolidation to achieve more user-friendliness
  • updated modular certification framework (see Operating Model)

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Catena-X Operating Model​

  • updated to version 3.0.5
  • only patch changes e.g. clarification of the Sandbox, update modular System covering the new standards and update glossary etc.

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Catena-X Regulatory Framework​

  • only patch changes in comparison to CX-Jupiter

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Tractus-X reference implementations​

A comprehensive, coherent and compatible set of development artefacts. Highlights include:

Portal

  • Enhance the App/Service registration process
    • Reduces necessity of creating multiple services to enable the usage of multiple technical users; leads to more flexibility for the app/service provider
  • Optimization of the Service/App Subscription Process
    • Enhances security and user experience
  • Automatic Setting of the Catena-X Membership Flag
    • Automates the flag-setting process, making onboarding more efficient
  • Integration of the Gaia-X Clearinghouse Interface
    • The new API provides more flexibility from a Gaia-X perspective. The Portal backend must switch to the new API for proper data validation during company onboarding and SD document creation

SSI Credential Issuer

  • Support for Bitstring Status List
    • Ensures compliance with the updated W3C standard.
  • Process Status List API
    • Enables the retriggering of failed process steps to improve stability

EDC

  • Empty Asset Selector
    • Blocks contract definitions with an empty asset selector to prevent erroneous data publication
  • Policy Checks
    • Adds policy validation APIs and validation during policy creation
  • Restart Broken Transfers
    • Automatically restarts an abandoned data transfer, e.g., after a data plane crash

IRS

  • Efficient Orchestration of EDC Negotiations
    • Reduces unnecessary duplicate negotiations and improves performance
  • Remediation of technical Debt
    • Improved calculation of order and batch statuses, along with integration of progress indicators.
  • Limitation of Parallel Job Execution
    • Reduces system load and prevents resource exhaustion

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Details on compatible and non-compatible versions​

By default, the versions listed in the Tractus-X changelog are the recommended versions. Non-compatible or other compatible versions of the Tractus-X release or the apps are listed below. If a version is interoperable with the initial release version and those features and with all other listed versions its listed as compatible.

Compatible versions​

ComponentVersionsComments
Eclipse Data Space Connector
(Tractus-X EDC)		0.7.7
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.9.0 [Latest]

Non-compatible versions​

ComponentVersions
N/AN/A

Further Scope Clarification​

To uphold the integrity and reliability of the onboarding process, there will be a temporary change of the standards. This change is in-line with a feature supported in the current reference implementation.

Impact: CSP-B & OSP roles:

  • CX-0006.
    • The standard has been slightly adjusted. Onboarding service providers and core service providers must continue to support the possibility of creating a Self-Description (SD) of the Legal Person. However, this requirement is no longer strictly tied to the initial registration process; the creation of the SD can now occur at a later stage. For any SDs that are issued, they must be stored in a central location and must comply with GAIA-X standards and guidelines.

The functionality of Catena-X and the security framework will remain unaffected furthermore the validation of company data and identifiers will continue as usual.