The purpose of this document is to provide a complete overview of the current state of the iSHARE Scheme (v1.11). 

iSHARE is a collaborative effort to improve conditions for data-sharing for organisations involved in the logistics sector. The functional scope of the iSHARE Scheme focuses on topics of identification, authentication and authorisation.

As of 2018, the iSHARE Scheme is publicly available to the market.

Reader's guide


Within the iSHARE Scheme documentation, the following notational conventions apply:

  • The keywords 'MUST', 'MUST NOT', 'REQUIRED', 'SHALL', 'SHALL NOT', 'SHOULD', 'SHOULD NOT', 'RECOMMENDED', 'MAY', and 'OPTIONAL' in this document are to be interpreted as described in IETF RFC 2119 whenever this note is at the top of the chapter: 
    • This part of the iSHARE Scheme is considered normative and is therefore compliant with RFC 2119.