Split within EDIINT: Multiple versions of AS2

All,
	For some time now EDIINT has been split into AS1 and AS2.  These "subsets" did not upset anyone.  Why the uproar over a suggestion to create another subset?
	
	When UCC companies demand trading partners use EDIINT AS2 (and many do) they mean the EDIINT "AS2" subset certified by the UCC ... AS2 using S/MIME and compression options.  But within the energy industry "AS2" means PGP/MIME not S/MIME.
	AS2 subsets already exist.  The Energy industry (> 100 installations) uses one subset of EDIINT AS2 and the packaged goods, healthcare, financial, high technology and transportation industries (> 1000 installations) uses another; currently the two AS2 subsets are incompatible.  Pretending otherwise is creating considerable confusion in the user community.   

	Using Dale Moberg's proposed terms ...AS1, AS2 (UCC certified) and ASx (PGP version): there is no reason a vendor can't support EDIINT AS1, AS2 and ASx.  Such a vendor could claim to support all major subsets of EDIINT.  Further, such a vendor would create convergence ... enabling trading between industries which standardized on different subsets.  
	With clear subsets within the EDIINT specification, there is no requirement for a small company like iSoft, the WalMart AS2 vendor, to support AS1 or ASx since WalMart dictates UCC-certified AS2 interfaces.


Gary Crough
Cyclone Commerce, Inc. 
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