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USEF defines the content of XML messages between role processes, as required for implementation of USEF’s MCM. Each message has a unique recipient, identified by the Internet domain and USEF role of the participant. The message transfer mechanism is responsible for sending and receiving these messages.

Relationship between the normative USEF XML messages (yellow pane) and the best-practice message transfer mechanism (light-blue pane).

Relationship between the normative USEF XML messages (yellow pane) and the best-practice message transfer mechanism (light-blue pane).

When selecting a message transfer mechanism, local market conditions should be considered and the USEF privacy and security guidelines should be followed 1. Further recommendations about the message transport mechanism are given in Message transport mechanism.

  1. USEF Foundation, "USEF: The Privacy and Security Guideline," USEF Foundation, Arnhem, 2015. Available: https://www.usef.energy/app/uploads/2016/12/USEF_PrivacySecurityGuideline_3nov15.pdf ↩