Guidance

Outgoing Data Provisioning Service: technical specifications

Data Provisioning Service technical specifications for software developers, including tax code, student loan and generic notifications.

Documents

DPS API specification: version 3.0

Supplementary guidance and how to use the DPS test service: version 2.8

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DPS WSDLs: version 1.1

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DPS outgoing schemas: version 2.92

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Generic notification schemas: version 1.0

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Response error messages: version 1.1

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DPS sample data: version 1.1

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DPS stylesheets: version 10.0

Details

Use these Data Provisioning Service technical specifications relevant to tax code, student loan and generic notifications if you’re a software developer.

Outgoing Data Provisioning Service: Outgoing XML Generator
Use this tool if you are a software developer wanting to produce user-defined XML test scenarios.

Updates to this page

Published 30 November 2007
Last updated 22 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. The supplementary guidance has been updated from version 2.7 to version 2.8.

  2. DPS outgoing schemas has been updated to version 2.92.

  3. DPS API specification updated to version 3.0, supplementary guidance updated to version 2.7, outgoing schemas updated to version 2.91 and stylesheets updated to version 10.0.

  4. Data Provisioning Service API specification updated to version 1.9, for minor wording changes.

  5. Supplementary guidance updated to version 2.6.

  6. DPS stylesheets updated to version 9.0.

  7. DPS Outgoing Schemas updated to version 2.9.

  8. DPS Outgoing Schemas v2-8 added to the page.

  9. The DPS API specification and Supplementary guidance and how to use the DPS test service documents have been updated.

  10. DPS outgoing schemas 2.7 has been added to the page.

  11. DPS API specification 1.7, DPS stylesheets 8.0, and DPS outgoing schemas 2.6 have been added to the page.

  12. First published.

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