Guidance

Pension Schemes: generic technical specifications

Find out technical specifications if you're a Pension Schemes Online software developer.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 1 January 2014
• Last updated: 23 January 2018
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  1. 23 January 2018

     Hints and tips version 7.0 has been replaced with version 7.1 and Pension core schema version 3.0 has been replaced with version 3.1.

  2. 23 March 2015

     Pension core schema version 3.1 has been added to this page.

  3. 1 January 2014

     First published.

Documents

Core schema: 2.0

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/schemas/core-v2-0.xsd

HMRC(IR)mark: support for software developers

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcirmark-support-for-software-developers

Hints and tips: 7.1

PDF, 263 KB, 4 pages

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How to use the test service version 2.3

ODT, 35.9 KB

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Pension specific CHRIS messages version 0.1

PDF, 55.6 KB, 5 pages

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Schema envelope response error message: 0.5

PDF, 89.9 KB, 8 pages

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Schema envelope validation rules: 0.8

PDF, 157 KB, 11 pages

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XML schema envelope version 2.0

3.24 KB

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Pension core schema version 3.1

XSD, 13 KB

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Details

Use these technical specifications guides if you’re a software developer working with the Pension Schemes Online service.