Creation and maintenance of the catalogue of attributes
Article 7
1. The Commission shall establish and publish a catalogue of attributes and set up a secure system to enable requests to include or modify attributes in the catalogue of attributes. 2. The Commission shall assess requests made using the system referred to in paragraph 1 to include or modify an attribute in the catalogue of attributes, after considering any advice provided by the Cooperation Group. The Commission’s assessment shall, take into account whether the inclusion of the attribute contributes to a common foundation for secure and privacy-aware electronic interaction between citizens, businesses and public authorities and to fostering interoperability. The Commission shall also take into account sector-specific regulations, where applicable. 3. Member States shall request the inclusion of attributes listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 to the catalogue of attributes wherever those attributes rely on authentic sources for the purpose of the verification by qualified trust service providers. 4. In addition, Member States may request the inclusion of attributes not listed in Annex VI to the catalogue of attributes wherever those attributes rely on authentic sources within the public sector. Private entities that are considered to be a primary source of information or recognised as authentic in accordance with Union or national law, including administrative practice, may request the inclusion of attributes not listed in Annex VI to the catalogue of attributes wherever the requesting entity is responsible for those attributes. 5. The request to include or to modify an attribute in the catalogue shall contain at least the following information: (a) identification of the entity making the request; (b) where applicable, a reference to Union or national law or administrative practice under which the entity making the request is considered to be a primary source of information or recognised authentic source. (c) if the request refers to an attribute already existing in the catalogue or is a new attribute; (d) a namespace for the identifier of the attributes, the value of which is unique within the catalogue of attributes; (e) an identifier of the attribute, unique within the namespace, and the version of the attribute; (f) semantic description of the attribute; (g) the data type of the attribute; (h) the verification point for the attribute at national level or a link to a description on how to initiate the verification requests. 6. The request to include or modify an attribute shall be signed or sealed by the requester by means of a qualified electronic signature or seal or an advanced electronic signature or seal based on a qualified certificate. 7. The Commission, following the assessment referred to in paragraph 2 and having verified that the information provided in the request for the inclusion or modification of an attribute includes all the information listed in paragraph 5, may include the requested attribute or modification in the catalogue of attributes. 8. The catalogue of attributes sealed by the Commission shall be publicly accessible, through a secure channel, free of charge and without prior identification or authentication, and shall be published in both machine-readable and human-readable forms. The catalogue shall also include a search function. 9. The Commission shall publish the technical specifications the Commission uses for the catalogue of attributes. 10. The Commission shall issue a unique identifier to each registered attribute.