KoSIT (Koordinierungsstelle für IT-Standards)(KoSIT)
The Koordinierungsstelle für IT-Standards, Germany's coordination office for IT standards run by Bremen, which maintains the XRechnung specification, its validation rules and the German Peppol Authority function.
The coordination office for IT standards, run by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen on behalf of the federal and state IT Planning Council. KoSIT owns and maintains the XRechnung specification, its Schematron validation rules, the reference validator, and the German Peppol Authority function. New XRechnung versions are published on a fixed cycle and become binding for public-sector invoices roughly six months after release.
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