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CIECA offers three lines of standards designed to meet the integration needs of the collision industry.

BMS Standards

XML-based BMS Standards have been a staple for more than a decade. Used widely throughout the industry, the BMS Standards offer a complete set of schemas to support every major collision industry workflow. Each workflow is represented by a 'Service' that provides the messages necessary to support the related workflows.

BMS Services

API Standards

JSON-based API Standards are CIECA's newest set of standards and currently in development. Designed to meet the needs of mobile and highly responsive applications, the CIECA API Standards will offer a full line of messages to support every major collision workflow. The CIECA API Standards will support all CIECA use cases and services.

API Services

EMS Standard

The EMS Standard is a legacy product first developed in 1994 for the sole purpose of transferring estimate data to shop management systems. This standard is end-of-life and has not been updated since 2006. We continue to offer the EMS Standard in support of existing implementations but we strongly encourage members to use the API or BMS Standards going forward.

EMS

The EMS standard was developed to support a single use case... uploading estimates into a shop management system.

The EMS has been supplanted by the BMS, however, we continue to make it available to members to supporting existing integrations.

We encourage all members to use the BMS standard when possible as the EMS is not supported for future development. This may be problematic as vehicle technology changes and new needs arise.

BMS

The BMS was developed to support all industry workflows. It is a suite of messages designed to support specific use cases / processes and includes only the data necessary to support the related workflow.

The XML based BMS features a robust data dictionary and code lists that are the de facto standards for the industry.

The BMS is CIECA's flagship offering and is widely used throughout the industry, powering millions of transactions each year.

API

The API standard is not intended to replace the BMS, rather it is a JSON based option that will support the same workflows and processes as the BMS.

The API standards will use the same data dictionary and code lists as the BMS, but offer members the opportunity to develop integrations in JSON rather than XML.

The API standards are currently in development and individual messages should start to be available in 2022.

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EMS Standard

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