Section 140.39 - XML Filings(1)XML Authorized.(a) A filer may be authorized for XML transmission upon the written authorization of the filing officer. A request to be authorized to transmit XML records shall be in writing and delivered to the filing officer. Upon receipt of a request for authorization, the filing officer shall provide the filer with necessary information on the requirements for XML transmission, including format, address for transmission, and other necessary specifications.(b) The filing officer shall authorize a filer to engage in XML transmissions if: 1. The filer has entered into an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the filing officer, with the filing office; and2. The filing officer determines, after appropriate testing of transmissions in accordance with the filing officer's specifications, that the filer is capable of transmitting XML records in a manner that permits the filing officer to receive, index and retrieve the XML records.3. The filing officer may suspend or revoke the authorization when, in the filing officer's sole discretion, it is determined that a filer's transmissions are incompatible with the filing officer's XML system.(2)IACA Standard Adopted. The XML format for filing a UCC record, is set forth in the Massachusetts Business to Business XML UCC Filing Implementation Guide, in effect from time to time, adopted in this state as a format for electronic transmission of UCC records. The filing officer shall, periodically and at the request of an authorized XML filer, identify which versions and releases of the XML format are then in use by and acceptable to the filing office.