Purpose
This page links NRDEX readers to the official X-Road documentation maintained by the X-Road project and NIIS. Use these references when a local NRDEX summary is not sufficient, or when an implementation team needs the source specification.
Primary entry points
- X-Road documentation portal
- X-Road architecture overview
- X-Road security overview
- X-Road interfaces overview
Recommended links by topic
Architecture
- X-Road Architecture (ARC-G)
- X-Road Security Architecture (ARC-SEC)
- Security Server Architecture (ARC-SS)
- Central Server Architecture (ARC-CS)
Message protocols
- Message Protocol for REST (PR-REST)
- Message Protocol for SOAP (PR-MESS)
- Message Transport Protocol (PR-MESSTRANSP)
- Service Metadata Protocol for SOAP (PR-META)
- Service Metadata Protocol for REST (PR-MREST)
Security and hardening
Installation and operations
- Security Server Installation Guide (IG-SS)
- Central Server Installation Guide (IG-CS)
- Protocol for Downloading Configuration (PR-GCONF)
- Operational Monitoring Protocol (PR-OPMON)
Linking guidance for NRDEX pages
When linking X-Road material from NRDEX documentation:
- Link to the local NRDEX summary first if one exists.
- Add the official X-Road page as the source or further-reading reference.
- Prefer the exact official specification page for protocol and security requirements.
- Use the root documentation portal when the reader needs the latest full document set.
Suggested use inside NRDEX
- Use the architecture documents for policy, operating model, and design discussions.
- Use the protocol documents for integration requirements, HTTP headers, service identifiers, and metadata behavior.
- Use the hardening and user guides for deployment, certificates, logging, and operational controls.
- Use the public X-Road overview pages for non-technical stakeholders who need a shorter explanation before reading the specifications.
Maintenance note
These links point to official X-Road sources. The docs.x-road.global root currently resolves to the latest published documentation set, while direct specification links are better when NRDEX needs stable references to a specific topic.