NSI MIT XML Based Messaging for Lottery Vendors 1.0
Conformance Requirements

NAME

NSI MIT XML Based Messaging for Lottery Vendors

LABEL for LOGO

INSTANT TICKET XML BASED MESSAGING

When the NASPL Certification Logo, along with this label, is used on, or in relation to, a business practice registered as conformant to this Conformance Requirements Document, it must be accompanied by an attribution in the form defined in Schedule 4 of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries Certification Trademark License Agreement.

DESCRIPTION

This Conformance Requirements document is for the business practice of providing applications to Lotteries for managing Instant Ticket Inventory activity between Lotteries and Retailers via a set of XML based messages.

The applicability of NSI MIT XML Based Messaging for Lottery Vendors extends to all XML Based Messages defined by the Best Practice for information exchange about ordering and status of Instant Ticket inventory. The Best Practice also defines how these XML Messages are provided and optionally allows the Vendor to support Instant Ticket Validation and Pack Activation through an XML Message set.

CONFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

The Conformance Requirements are derived from the following Best Practice:

• Management of Instant Tickets Best Practice, Version 1.1, Document Number BP0801, August 2008, and any Corrigenda issued against such Best Practice, supplemented by any Interpretations applicable to this particular version and revision of the Best Practice.

A conformant practice must:

• Implement all the mandatory "Must" requirements, as defined in Sections 4.4 through 4.6 inclusive of the Management of Instant Tickets Best Practice and for which "Vendor" is identified as the Practitioner in Appendix A.
• Implement all the optional "Should" requirements, as defined in Section 4.6 of the Management of Instant Tickets Best Practice and for which "Vendor" is identified as the Practitioner in Appendix A, or else provide a rationale in the Conformance Statement for why the recommendation is not followed.
• If the Conformance Statement indicates support of any optional requirements, as defined by the "May" requirements for which "Vendor" is identified as the Practitioner in the Requirements Checklist (Appendix A) of the Best Practice, then the optional requirements must be implemented in accordance with the Best Practice.

Appendix A of the Best Practice provides a checklist of the mandatory, recommended, and optional requirements. This Appendix should be considered normative with respect to the assigned Practitioner for each requirement, but in the case of any conflict between the content of the checklist and the main body of the Best Practice, the Best Practice shall take precedence.

OVERRIDING STANDARDS

None.

INDICATORS OF CONFORMANCE

• A completed Validation Report that incorporates:
  • A completed checklist.
  • XML samples of required Messages expanded with any implementations of Optional elements supported.
  • XML samples of any enhanced Messages supported.
  • An XML version of the complete U.P.C. price sales catalog and two XML based updates to the U.P.C. price sales catalog adding new products.

MIGRATION

None.