The Application Packaging Standard (APS) was 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.
APS 2 makes it possible to create custom user interface in hosting platforms for managing the integrated applications.
The following is a list of notable web hosting platforms allowed installations of APS packages: The catalog page now redirects to XaaS Simplified from CloudBlue, and started to be inaccessible around 2020[2] APS packages were available for download at application catalog.
ISVs could make their applications publicly available by uploading them to this catalog.