CODICE - Interop. Components and Documents for eProcurement

CODICE are the specifications of documents and components for the interoperability in the eProcurement developed by the Spanish Government (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance - DG del Patrimonio del Estado)

The analysis and modeling of CODICE was based on the Directive 2004/18/EC with the aim of becoming a suitable solution for pan-european eprocurement interoperability.

All the electronic documents involved in the pre-awarding phase of public e-Procurement have been defined and implemented.

CODICE is based on and relationed with international standards and initiatives such as ebXML-CCTS, UN/CEFACT-UMM, UBL, IDABC, CEN/BII.

The IDABC eProcurement XML Schemas initiative and eProcurement Functional requirements were the starting point of CODICE.

CODICE implementation is based on the reuse of existing UBL components and UBL syntax for new components and documents.

There is also a syntax independent specification following the ebXML - Core Components Technical Specifications so that these components and documents could be implemented with a different syntax binding.

A new version of CODICE will be released at the end of 2009, and hopefully it will be included in the UBL 2.1 specifications.