Since we were talking about (mis)use of the term "standard".....

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

seems that even though the tracker says Ned sent this doc back to the WG in 
October and February (I think), it's still being touted as a standard - 
enough that Rik is charging people for testing conformance to it....

they do call it a "draft" standard of the IETF.....

                  Harald
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EXTOL Secure Receives Certification for AS2 EDIINT Interoperability; Secure 
Transport of Data across the Internet Avoids Traditional EDI Costs and 
Meets the Demands of Major Retailers
Business Wire: 10 June 2003

POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jun 10, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- EXTOL International, the 
leading independent provider of EDI and B2B integration technologies for 
the mid-sized enterprise, today announced that EXTOL Secure, an AS2 EDIINT 
software product, has been certified for e-Business Ready-- an industry 
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joint partnership with the Uniform Code Council, Inc (UCC) and Drummond 
Group, Inc.

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About AS2

Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) is a draft standard of the IETF (Internet 
Engineering Task Force) that describes how EDI and other data can be 
transmitted securely over the Internet using the HTTP protocol. AS2 is 
often referred to as an EDI-INT (EDI over the Internet) standard. AS2 
enables users to connect, deliver and reply to data securely and reliably.