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You can participate in the Catena-X data ecosystem in various roles. Become acquainted with the foundational building blocks of Catena-X and how all participants collaborate within a global ecosystem by reading the Whitepaper describing the Catena-X operating model.

Actors willing to use the Catena-X DCM standard, and start a collaboration with other supply chain partners enabled by an interoperable solution, can prepare asking the IT colleagues to check the following End-to-End Adopter Journey.

Roles​

Within DCM customer and supplier both act as data provider and data consumer. In order to execute the DCM process they utilize an application from the Catena-X marketplace, provided by a business application provider or they use their own custom in-house solution.

Data Providers and Data Consumers​

Onboarding​

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Figure: DCM Onboarding

#RequirementFurther details
1Subscribe to an Operating Company and get required credentialsCofinity-X Onboarding
2Deploy a Catena-X certified dataspace connectorDepending on your adoption strategy you will buy the connector or you might have to develop and certify it yourself
3Sign DCM Data Exchange GovernanceSigned Data Exchange Governance with Operating Company is required to participate in the Catena-X Dataspace
4Deploy a Catena-X certified business applicationSee adoption strategy table below

Adoption Strategy​

If you are interested in utilizing DCM within the Catena-X dataspace you can follow one of the following three approaches.

#ApproachDetails
ACUSTOMAdopt and integrate the business logic, aspect models and APIs, as described in the DCM standard, yourself
BFOSSAdopt, customize and deploy an existing Free and Open Source Software Solution
CCOTSPurchase a certified Commercial Off The Shelf solution via the Catena-X marketplace, accessible through your operating company (e.g. Cofinity-X Marketplace)

Business Application Providers​

Onboarding​

Business Application Providers that want to enable their commercial software for Catena-X DCM need to register for the Catena-X Ecosystem following the specific information described in Offering a Catena-X Solution (including next steps & contacts).

Please refer to the Catena-X Library for the newest version of the DCM as well as other standards.

Software Developers​

https://catena-x.net/en/tractus-x-1

https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/

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