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Why use Hague Web Services?
HWS is the reliable, secure, automated, M2M channel into the Hague System. It is a REST API are a secure, highly-available, reliable, HTTPS/REST API-based protocol for exchanging data with the Hague System. They can be used for sending or receiving data through a set of endpoints that require secure authentication, as explained in details in the documentation below.
HWS is the preferred Hague data exchange channel.
Why switch from EDI to Hague Web Services?
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Moreover, EDI is on a sunset phase and bound to be decommissioned in the not so distant future.
For all these reasons, Offices already exchanging data with Hague via EDI are encouraged to migrate to the HWS.
How to transition from EDI to HWS?
Under construction.
How do HWS work?
HWS can be used to:
- Send decisions or indirect applications
- Check import status
- Query processing status
- Retrieve Hague Bulletins
- Retrieve confidential copies (Examining IP Offices only).
Those are pictured in the below HWS workflow diagram, and will be explained in details further below:
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Office to IB: importing decisions and indirect applications
IB to Office: retrieving the Bulletin and/or the confidential copies
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Authenticating to HWS
Under construction.
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Documentation
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