XNP creates a modern communication basis for cooperation between notary’s offices and the public administration (e.g. the judiciary). Standard processes and applications for recording and processing register and land register transactions in electronic legal transactions are mapped using the qualified digital signature in accordance with SigG/SigV and eIDAS.

The Bundesnotarkammer operates a range of services for notaries, including the Register of willsThe notary’s office is also responsible for the register of precautionary measures, the certification office and the deed archive and provides notaries with software to fulfill their official duties, including participation in electronic legal transactions (special notary mailbox beN), electronic commercial register and land register applications and the electronic submission of applications and declarations in accordance with FamFG § 14b.

XNP arose from the requirement to provide all notaries with a central, standardized software package that makes these services available in a convenient, centralized and integrated manner. At the same time, the high requirements for security (end-to-end encryption), modularity and expandability had to be taken into account.

Westernacher Solutions designed the software architecture and developed the platform in line with these requirements.

The realization of this high standard has been successful! The result is a technologically sophisticated platform that combines all these services under one roof. The notary and his employees can use all these services from a single software package. XNP has a modular structure so that new services can be integrated at any time. Central interfaces of the framework are available with which the individual modules can communicate with each other and with the framework. The modular architecture can be found on both the client and the server. The client runs an Electron client, which combines a modern single-page web frontend with Nodejs modules that enable access to local resources such as signature cards. On the server side, the platform is operated in a Kubernetes/OKD cluster, which enables highly automated and scalable operation.

For example, in the case of a commercial register application, the application is first created in the commercial register module, then qualified electronically signed via the signature module and finally transferred to the beN module for dispatch to the register court via EGVP.

XNP provides its services via interfaces to a variety of different notary software

XNP is an integral part of the everyday life of notaries and their employees. It is very likely that when you visit your trusted notary, you will find XNP on his computer or XNP will be involved in the creation of your deed or fulfillment of the service. XNotaralready facilitates almost one million electronic commercial register applications and land register submissions every year.