What it measures, and what it does not certify
This benchmark measures the technical and operational readiness of a digital service receiving orders from an authorized machine acting for an Italian business. It is not a legal, tax, security or commercial certification and does not replace professional review.
The method
0Absent or contradicted.
2Documented, manual or partially machine-verifiable.
5Machine-verifiable and fail-closed.
100Maximum: twenty five-point checks.
A total score cannot hide an essential gap. Machine authority, B2B identity, idempotency, controlled checkout, verified payment, authenticated delivery and privacy are mandatory blockers.
Five dimensions
| Area | Checks | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery and contract | Canonical identity, catalog, OpenAPI or equivalent contract, complete example. | 20 |
| Identity and authority | Seller, buyer business, machine mandate and least-privilege authentication. | 20 |
| Order and payment | Input correction, acknowledgement, idempotency, specific checkout, webhook and SCA. | 20 |
| Fulfillment and evidence | Order-scoped input, authenticated artifact, audit and fail-closed recovery. | 20 |
| B2B Italy and privacy | Market boundary, terms, electronic invoicing, minimization and retention. | 20 |
Result bands
0–39 · Not ready
Structural gaps remain.
Structural gaps remain.
40–59 · Incomplete
Discoverable, but not safely purchasable.
Discoverable, but not safely purchasable.
60–79 · Pilot only
Substantial path with manual or incomplete stages.
Substantial path with manual or incomplete stages.
80–100 · Production candidate
Only when every hard blocker scores 5.
Only when every hard blocker scores 5.
Three synthetic examples
| Profile | Score | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation and schemas without a verified order path | 34 | Not ready |
| Substantial API with manual gaps | 79 | Pilot only; essential blockers remain |
| Controlled end-to-end zero-touch path | 100 | Production candidate, not certification |
All examples are invented and represent no customer or real order.