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SML

eDelivery central-directory building block, OASIS BDXR SML profile.

Definition

The SML maintains the DNS that underpins discovery: a participant identifier is hashed (SHA-256, base32) and turned into a domain name. DNS resolution returns the address of the responsible SMP. There is a single SML per eDelivery domain (e.g. edelivery.tech.ec.europa.eu for PEPPOL).

Origin

Specified by OASIS Service Metadata Locator (BDX-Location) from the OASIS Business Document Exchange (BDXR) Technical Committee; implemented as the SML/BDMSL component of the Digital Europe Programme.

Example in context

B-<hash>.iso6523-actorid-upis.edelivery.tech.ec.europa.eu → CNAME/NAPTR record pointing to the participant's SMP.

  • SMP — the service the SML helps you find.
  • BDXL — the U-NAPTR location variant.

Last updated: June 20, 2026