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

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <1269543977.1055342226@localhost>, Harald Tveit Alvestrand writes:
>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.....
>

At least they said "draft standard" and not "Draft Standard".

It's the sort of thing that has me thinking evil thoughts about lawyers 
and trademark law.  No, I'm not serious, but this is exactly the sort 
of thing that trademark law was intended to cover.


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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 
>neutral software compliance and interoperability testing program under 
>joint partnership with the Uniform Code Council, Inc (UCC) and Drummond 
>Group, Inc.
>
>..................
>
>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.
>


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