Technical Resources

Meeting DSCSA compliance requires cooperative efforts by Manufacturers, Wholesale Distributors, Dispensers, Service Providers, Regulators, Industry Working Groups, and other supply chain actors and stakeholders. For this reason, OCI's technical resources are available online for all stakeholders, and OCI Working Group Co-Chairs are readily available to dig into the technical specifications upon request.

Technical Knowledge

OCI is built on proven standards to achieve secure and trust-based data exchange in digital interactions. The architecture combines innovative new internet and established industry standards.

Find out about:

  • OCI Architecture

    • OCI GitHub

    • OCI mapping to PDG Blueprint

    • DID, VC, VP life cycle

    • W3C Standard Components used in OCI Architecture

    • OCI Participant Interactions for DSCSA PI Verification

  • Third party technical resources

    • W3C Standards

    • GS1 Lightweight Messaging Standard

    • NIST Digital Identity Guidelines

    • PDG Blueprint

OCI DSCSA Interoperability Profile

The OCI DSCSA Interoperability Profile is comprised of the conformance elements listed below.

  • Conformance Criteria

  • Credential Schemas

  • API Specifications

 

OCI VRS Performance Test Suite

This VRS performance test suite can be used by any VRS provider to run Product Identifier (PI) verification tests, both with and without OCI-compliant verifiable credentials.

Find the test scripts in our GitHub repository.

DSCSA ATP Pilot

Here we share documentation from our pilot project addressing the Authorized Trading Partner (ATP) requirement within the U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

  • Pilot Report

  • Pilot Architecture Handbook

  • Pilot Audit Requirements

  • Pilot User Requirements