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Update: Second iteration of the eDelivery AS4 and SMP 2.0 profiles

The public consultation for eDelivery AS4 and SMP 2.0 specification changes was open from 19 June to 10 November 2023. The team is currently working on addressing the feedback received with a view to publishing the disposition of public review comments in early 2024.

For your reference, you can find the consultation pages here:


Your responses to the consultations 

Following the preliminary feedback received during the eDelivery Interoperability Forum on 27 June 2023, we published the recommendations of cryptography experts (at the bottom of the AS4 consultation page) and further requested their advice concerning the replacement of key transport with key agreement. Also, a note was added to the consultation for the eDelivery SMP 2.0 profile concerning using separate values for the U-NAPTR service field.

During the consultation period, our team received written feedback from two parties and a meeting request from a third one.


Next steps

The eDelivery team will prepare and publish the “Disposition of public review comments” and a second iteration of the draft specifications soon. The results of the consultation as well as the updated specifications will be discussed with the Interoperability Forum members. 

Following this, the updated specifications will undergo a second public consultation in the first half of 2024.

 

The eDelivery team would like to thank you for your engagement with the consultation and helping us adopt the best possible version of the new AS4 and SMP 2.0 specifications that will power digital ecosystems for the next decade. 

 

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eDelivery is a building block that provides technical specifications and standards, installable software and ancillary services to allow projects to create a network of nodes for secure digital data exchange.