Optional Test Profiles are value added functionality built upon an existing technical standard because certain industries have additional requirements they need added to the AS2 standard and, therefore, to the AS2 Interoperability Test. The AS2 Optional Test Profiles are being added in stages to the AS2 standard or listed as "Informational Status" to the standard within IETF. Participation in these test profiles is optional. For complete info on each AS2 optional profile, see below.
To begin involvement in Optional Profiles, the participant will have to undergo the In the Queue (ITQ) testing for the selected profile which takes place in the summer each year. The deadline to register for new profiles and related ITQ testing is May 29th each year. Participants will then test and be certified for the profile in the 3Q AS2 Interoperability test and be listed for that profile on the AS2 test results page.
IETF Drafts
Please note that these profiles are based on underlying specifications which have been submitted as IETF internet draft versions. Each individual version is valid for six months on the IETF website. Drummond Group Inc. also makes available these draft documents for your convenience.
Certificate Exchange Management (CEM)
Overview: CEM is now an Internet-Draft within the IETF. There is growing interest and demand from supply chains, namely retail and consumer products goods for CEM, because of the significant time savings it provides by automating the manual effort of managing certificates that are about to expire. Certificates can be specified for use in digital signatures, data encryption or SSL/TLS over HTTP (HTTPS)
InSitu enabled: NO
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Critical Rules: "CEM ITQ testing" consists of testing against reference products administered by DGI. Note: given the extensive manpower and development time required to implement CEM, DGI recommends that for this round you limit participation in Optional Profiles to just CEM unless the participant is able to provide additional resources to participate simultaneously in other Optional Profiles.
Filename Preservation (FN)
Overview: The banking industry (specifically FSTC) relies on filenames being communicated between trading partners. This Optional Profile certifies that the filename of the payload is communicated within the AS2 message and that conforms to the standard and is interoperable. There are two test profiles for filenames: FN and FN-MDN. FN specifically refers to the filename preservation profile WITHOUT MDN responses. Optionally, an MDN extension to report filename write errors, or duplicate filenames, can optionally be tested as FN-MDN.
InSitu enabled: Yes, Insitu enablement of FN is required.
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Filename MDN (FN MDN)
Overview: Refers to the Filename preservation WITH an associated MDN error or warning response notification. Some financial institutions were interested in software that provided an MDN response, therefore an extension to MDN reporting was developed and this distinction is made available to AS2 software buyers
InSitu enabled: NO
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Reliability
Overview: The AS2 Reliability Profile addresses duplicate message elimination and standardizes mechanisms for retrying and resending AS2 Messages and MDNs which are crucial to reliable operation of production AS2 installations. This feature may be utilized by any industry but the standards work has been undertaken by eCommerce Technology Group (eTG) under GS1.
- Duplicate Messages - AS2 Reliability testing in the AS2-3Q07 test round focused on reusing the "same AS2 message" as originally packaged and attempted on retries or resends This implies the MessageID, as originally provided, will also be reused and allows the receiving side to detect duplicate messages based on the MessageID and eliminate them. This functionality will continue to be tested in each subsequent AS2 Interop test.
InSitu enabled: Yes, Insitu enablement of Reliability is required.
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Multiple Attachments (MA)
Overview: Multiple Attachment (MA) capability is the ability to transfer multiple documents within a single AS2 message. This feature may be useful for any industry, but it is extensively used by the Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX)
InSitu enabled: Yes, Insitu enablement of MA is required.
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AS2 Restart for VLM
Overview: AS2 Restart enables the sending of AS2 messages with very large payloads (500 MB and larger). Testing starts 3Q10.
InSitu enabled: No.
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