How to get certified?
Above all, you must be a member of XFT. Then, you need to apply for certification from the XFT association.
The member that is awaiting certification must provide the list of transactions and files it wishes to become certified business processes, with documents like:
- Background documentation
- Examples of transactions to be certified
- From the address of a site and functional test procedures and IDs
- After the certification process normally takes place in 2 phases.
First phase:
The certifying body will at first verify the information and content of transactions and then the consistency between transactions and documentation.
The transaction validation is done at three levels:
- Technical Validity (Schema validation)
- Functional Validity (which is expressed for conformity in functional terms)
- Optimisation and compliance of use (which has already been done by others, should be done in the same way)
Once the transactions and documentations are reviewed, the transactions are actually tested on the test site to verify that what is generated corresponds to transactions of tests and in order to make blind tests.
On completion of these tests, an audit report will be provided; possibly containing a list of corrections and suggestions that will be discussed with the supplier.
Second phase:
After corrections are made by the provider, the certifying body will perform the same work as before in order to confirm the accommodation.
At the end of these 2 phases and if the certification is accepted, the association will provide the certified XFT logos (labels) of certification and a press release will be issued with the certified member.
Otherwise, a new report will be submitted and the required adjustments within this second phase can be repeated.
