RFC 6362

"Multiple Attachments for Electronic Data Interchange - Internet Integration (EDIINT)", August 2011

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6362.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Author:

K. Meadors, Ed.

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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Abstract

The Electronic Data Interchange - Internet Integration (EDIINT) AS1, AS2, and AS3 messages were designed specifically for the transport of EDI documents. Since multiple interchanges could be placed within a single EDI document, there was not a need for sending multiple EDI documents in a single message. As adoption of EDIINT grew, other uses developed aside from single EDI document transport. Some transactions required multiple attachments to be interpreted together and stored in a single message. This Informational RFC describes how multiple documents, including non-EDI payloads, can be attached and transmitted in a single EDIINT transport message. The attachments are stored within the MIME multipart/related structure. A minimal list of content-types to be supported as attachments is provided. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.