There are three types of MXCompliance Services, Verification, Import, and Export. Verification is a service for businesses interested in purchasing Certified Products. The service ensures vendor products are identical to the products that were MXCompliance certified. The Import and Export Services are used by Applicants seeking certification of their products. Products that Import MISMO XML instance files will download test files for a self evaluation. Products that Export MISMO XML will upload their DTD/Schema and three instances files for MXCompliance automated validation.

Verification
Verification is the process of verifying a previously Certified Product. The MXCompliance Verification Service will compare uploaded files with files archived during the certification process for a specific product and version. Applicant will receive success or failure (listing errors) messages during Verification execution. Success will indicate an exact match to the Certified Product and indicate compliance to the Reference Standards. Failure will indicate that the files have been modified since they were certified and void compliance of the Certified Product. When a failure occurs, notice will be delivered to the MXC Authority.

Verification Service is not yet available.

Import
The Import Service is used by Applicants seeking certification of products that read MISMO Reference Standards. The Applicant will download three instance files generated by the MXC Authority. Applicants will be required to import these test files into their products and report the results. Applicants will verify well-formed XML, data type checking, and Work Group Test Guides. For certification, Applicants will upload all relative events or audit logs and provide any additional proof of compliance testing results. The final step of certification will require the Applicant to attest to compliance of their product. A notice will be delivered to the MXCA upon completion of the Import Service requirements.

Export
The Export Service is used by Applicants seeking certifications of products that write MISMO standards. The Applicant will upload three instance files and their DTD/Schema when extensions are used. XML extensions must meet qualified published MISMO Engineering Guidelines (either the EXTENSION container approach, or the company name/state abbreviation/stock-ticker symbol approach was used). An automated service will certify DTD/Schema validation, Data Type checking, Work Group Test Guides, and valid MISMO extensions.

MISMO does not define standards for XML Schema; nevertheless MXCA will rely on schema for Export Service certification. MXC Authority will utilize XMLSPY Schema representation of the DTDs generated by MISMO Work Groups.

The MXC Authority will archive all test results preformed by MXCompliance Services. The archives will be kept for 5 years to provide an auditable trail.

Over time, MXC Authority will release new versions of the MXCompliance Services. This may include new MISMO Work Group specifications, new/improved validation tests, or updated Policy requirements. Formal releases are categorized as either a maintenance release or enhancement release, depending on the nature of the changes. MXCompliance can not predict the interval of new versions as it is dependent on MISMO for a majority of the Reference Standards.