A Machine to Machine interface is an architectural building block of the EIRA Technical view - application supporting the Technical interoperability layer of the European Interoperability Framework.
It is included in the Enabler grouping Application Presentation and Access Enablers and in Key Information Exchange Enablers.


A Machine to Machine Interface is a specialisation of Application Interface. It is a boundary set of means enabling the exchange of data between a service and other services. This ABB is a key interoperability enabler for assessing compatible interfaces.

The Machine to machine interface ABB is a key interoperability enabler because it supports to achieve technical interoperability by ensuring availability of interfaces of public administration systems and data they handle as stated in the EIF recommendations:



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Source: European Interoperability Reference Architecture (EIRA version 3) (url) (with information on the 3rd release at the website of the ISA² - Interoperability solutions for public administrations, businesses and citizens).