We have expanded our SML and SMP services with a major new feature designed to simplify and accelerate onboarding for Service Providers.

The new Mass Adoption API makes it possible to register, manage, and approve participants at scale: automatically, securely, and without manual intervention.

Why We Built the Mass Adoption API

As adoption of the DBNAlliance network grew, onboarding new participants became increasingly time‑consuming. Service Providers were required to:

• Register each company manually;
• Wait for administrative approvals;
• Manage updates individually.

This manual process worked at smaller volumes, but it could not keep up with accelerating demand.

The Mass Adoption API addresses this challenge by enabling fast, programmatic onboarding at scale removing the administrative bottlenecks that previously slowed down growth.

What the Mass Adoption API Enables

The new Mass Adoption API, officially launched on November 7, 2025, provides Service Providers with a secure, automated pathway for managing participants across both the Service Metadata Locator (SML) and Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) systems.

Key Capabilities

• mTLS-based authentication using TEST or PRODUCTION certificates for trusted access.
• Full lifecycle management, including creating, editing, or deleting SML and SMP records.
• Automated approval workflows, eliminating the need for manual registration acceptance.

These capabilities allow Service Providers to onboard hundreds or thousands of participants programmatically reducing onboarding time, lowering administrative effort, and improving consistency.

Visit the GitHub environment for further technical information and implementation notes.

Concrete Impact on Onboarding

The Mass Adoption API turns a previously slow, manual onboarding process into a fast, automated experience. What once required days of approvals and individual registrations can now be completed in minutes. Even large batches of new participants can be onboarded in a single, streamlined workflow.

For Service Providers, the benefits are clear:

• Greater efficiency;
• Faster time to market;
• Less overhead in managing participant data.

For end users, the businesses relying on digital document exchange, it means quicker access to a trusted, interoperable ecosystem.

As we continue to promote open, standards-based interoperability across industries, the Mass Adoption API represents an important step toward true large-scale connectivity.

Technical Overview

The API exposes a clear set of REST endpoints that allow Service Providers to register, update, and remove SML and SMP records programmatically. Security is enforced through certificate‑based mTLS, ensuring only authorized systems can interact with the network.

The workflow is designed for simplicity: providers authenticate, submit participant data, and process responses in a predictable, structured format. Bulk‑processing support enables large onboarding jobs to run efficiently without additional manual steps.

Full documentation includes example requests, response models, and integration patterns to help developers get up and running quickly.

Become a member of the DBNAlliance

This new exchange network, backed by various industry bodies, allows businesses to connect once, and share electronic documents with one another, regardless of the platform, system, application or network used for processing documents.

Participants can easily find their business partners on the exchange network, facilitating seamless connectivity.

If you want to contribute to making invoicing simpler, faster, and more accessible for businesses in the United States, we encourage you to register as a member of the DBNAlliance.