AS attributes

This section describes the AS attributes.

Table 95. AS attributes
Attribute Required Description Restrictions Default
Time to Acknowledge
No

The amount of time to wait for an MDN acknowledgment before resending the original request. This attribute works in conjunction with Retry Count. The units are in minutes.

Limited to package or connection 30
Retry Count
No

The number of times to send a request if an MDN is not received. This attribute works in conjunction with Time to Acknowledge.

For example, if this attribute is set to 3, the request can potentially be sent four times (the initial time and then the three retries).

Limited to package or connection 3
AS Compressed
No

Compress the data. This attribute works in conjunction with the AS Compress Before Sign attribute.

Limited to package or connection No
AS Compress Before Sign
No

Indicates whether AS compression should be applied to both the payload and signature or only to the payload.

If you select Yes, the payload is compressed before the message is signed. This attribute works in conjunction with the AS Compressed attribute.

Limited to package or connection Yes
AS Encrypted
No

Indicates whether encryption should be performed.

Note: This is not the same as SSL encryption.

For the TO side of an exchange (when you are sending documents to a partner), this specifies whether to encrypt the document.

For the FROM side of an exchange (when you are receiving documents from a partner), if the attribute is set to Yes, an AS request sent from the partner must be encrypted. If the attribute is set to No, the document from the partner can be encrypted or un-encrypted.

Valid values are Yes or No.

Yes
Encryption is required.
No
Encryption is not required.
Limited to package or connection No
AS MDN Requested
No

Specifies whether an MDN reply is required. If set to Yes, this attribute causes the "transport Disposition-notification-to" header to be filled in with the value from the AS MDN Email Address attribute.

Valid values are Yes and No.

Yes
Request an MDN.
No
Do not request an MDN.
Limited to package or connection Yes
AS MDN Email Address
Yes if the "AS MDN Asynchronous" attribute is Yes and you are using AS1.

Specifies the e-mail address for the partner to use when sending an asynchronous MDN. This attribute is used in conjunction with the AS MDN Requested attribute. The value of AS MDN Email Address is used in the "Disposition-notification-to" field.

For AS1 only, this attribute works in conjunction with the AS MDN Asynchronous attribute of the format mailto:xxx@company.com.

Limited to package or connection
AS MDN Http Url Yes if the "AS MDN Asynchronous" attribute is Yes and you are using AS2.

This attribute applies to AS2 and is used to specify the URL to which a partner should send an asynchronous MDN. This attribute works in conjunction with the AS MDN Asynchronous attribute.

Limited to package or connection
AS MDN Asynchronous
No

Specifies whether the MDN should be returned synchronously or asynchronously. The value of this attribute affects whether the AS MDN HTTP URL or AS MDN Email Address attribute is used.

Valid values are Yes and No.

Yes
Asynchronous
No
Synchronous

If this attribute is Yes, the "receipt-delivery-option" field is filled in based on the AS MDN HTTP URL attribute (for AS2) or the AS MDN Email Address attribute (for AS1).

Limited to package or connection Yes
AS MDN Signed No

Indicates whether the request requires that a signed MDN be returned. This attribute works in conjunction with AS MDN Requested.

If the value is Yes, the "Disposition-notification-options: signed-receipt-protocol" is filled in.

Valid values are Yes and No.

Yes
Signed MDN requested
No
Signed MDN is not requested

If this attribute is set to Yes, the MDN sent by the partner has to be signed.

If this attribute is set to No, the MDN can be signed or unsigned.

Limited to package or connection No
AS Message Digest Algorithm No

The message digest algorithm to use when signing. This attribute is used in conjunction with the AS Signed and AS MDN Signed attributes.

For signed MDNs, this value is used to fill in the "Disposition-notification-options: signed-receipt-micalg" header.

Limited to package or connection sha1
AS Signed
No

Specifies whether to sign the document.

For the TO side of an exchange (when you are sending documents to a partner), this specifies whether to sign the document.

For the FROM side of the exchange (when you are receiving from a partner) if the attribute is set to Yes, an AS request sent from the partner must be signed. If the attribute is set to No, the document from the partner can be signed or unsigned.

Yes
Sign the document
No
Signed document is not required
Limited to package or connection No
AS Business Id No

The AS business ID to use in the "AS2-To" header. If a value is not supplied, WebSphere Partner Gateway uses the recipient business ID used in the source document.

Note: The "AS2-From" header will be set from the original source document that came into WebSphere Partner Gateway and that is being sent out as AS.
Limited to package or connection

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