Electronic Data Interchange-Internet Integration (ediint)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2005-05-26
Current Status: Active Working Group
Chair(s):
Rik Drummond <rvd2@drummondgroup.com>
Applications Area Director(s):
Ted Hardie <hardie@qualcomm.com>
Scott Hollenbeck <sah@428cobrajet.net>
Applications Area Advisor:
Scott Hollenbeck <sah@428cobrajet.net>
Mailing Lists:
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Archive: http://www.imc.org/ietf-ediint/
Description of Working Group:
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a set of protocols for conducting
highly structured inter-organization exchanges, such as for making
purchases or initiating loan requests. The initial RFC1767 defined the
method for packaging the EDI X12 and UN/EDIFACT transactions sets in a
MIME envelope. However, several additional requirements for obtaining
multi-vendor, inter-operable service, over and above how the EDI
transactions are packaged, have come to light since the effort
concluded. These currently revolve around security issues such as EDI
transaction integrity, privacy and non-repudiation in various forms.
Additional requirements that mimic many of the heading fields found in
X.435 EDI messages (e.g.; Interchange Sender, Interchange Recipient,
interchange Control Reference, Communications Agreement ID, and Syntax
Identifier) are also needed to support exchanges by point-to-point, FTP
and SMTP protocols. Many believe these heading fields are best
described in XML. Standards in these and other areas are necessary to
ensure inter-operability between EDI packages over Internet. Various
technologies already exist for these additional features and the primary
requirement is to review and select a common set of components for use
by the EDI community when it sends EDI over the Internet.
Deliverables:
AS1 - Applicability Statement describing how current Internet
standards can be used to achieve this functionality for MIME and
SMTP. Security supported is object signature and object based
encryption only. RFC3335.
AS2 - Applicability Statement describing how current Internet
standards can be used to achieve this functionality for
Process-to-Process (real-time) EDI based on MIME and HTTP.
Security supported is object signature, and both session and
object encryption.(draft-ietf-ediint-as2-xx.txt)
AS3 - Applicability Statement describing how current Internet
standards can be used to achieve the transfer of EDI or XML
data over internet in a secure manner based on FTP. Security
supported is object signature, and both session and object
encryption.(draft-ietf-ediint-as3-xx.txt)
Goals and Milestones:
Done Submit outline for the informationl requirements document.
Done Submit informational requirements document as an
Internet-Draft.
Done Submit both Applicability Statement documents as
Internet-Drafts.
Done Submit AS Internet-Draft documents to IESG for consideration as
Proposed Standards.
Done Submit requirements document Internet-Draft to IESG for
consideration as an Informational RFC.
Done Submit second applicability statement(AS#2)and the Security
document as Internet-Drafts.
Done Submit AS#2 and Security Document to IESG for consideration as
Internet-Draft documents for Proposed Standard.
Done Submit draft-ietf-ediint-req to the IESG for consideration as
an proposed standard
Done Submit draft-ietf-ediint-as1 to the IESG for consideration as a
proposed standard
Done Submit draft-ietf-ediint-hl7 to the IESG for consideration as a
Proposed Standard
Done Submit draft-ietf-ediint-as2 to the IESG for consideration as a
Proposed Standard
Done Submit AS1 Internet-Draft document to IESG for consideration as
Proposed Standard
Done Submit AS2 Internet-Draft document to IESG for consideration as
Proposed Standard.
Dec 2005 Submit AS3 Internet-Draft document to IESG for consideration as
Proposed Standard
Internet-Drafts:
Posted Revised I-D Title <Filename>
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Jun 2003 Jan 2006 <draft-ietf-ediint-as3-04.txt>
FTP Transport for Secure Peer-to-Peer Business Data Interchange
over the Internet
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC3335 PS Sep 2002 MIME-based Secure Peer-to-Peer Business Data Interchange
over the Internet
RFC4130Standard Jul 2005 MIME-based Secure Peer-to-Peer Business Data Interchange
Using HTTP, Applicability Statement 2 (AS2)