Application Packaging Standard


The Application Packaging Standard is a standard that defines a technology for integrating application software with hosting platforms. Integration of an application with hosting platforms is implemented by creating an APS package for this application, and APS package deployment creates an APS application.

Participants

APS involves three types of participants into the integration process:
APS went through two stages.
APS 1 emerged as a way for creating predominantly two types of APS packages and respectively two types of APS applications:
APS 2 added flexibility to integrate applications not only with hosting platforms but also with each other. APS 2 makes it possible to create custom user interface in hosting platforms for managing the integrated applications.

Implementations

The following web hosting platforms allow installations of APS packages:
APS packages are available for download at .
ISVs can make their applications publicly available by uploading them to this catalog.