diff --git a/populateStds.js b/populateStds.js
index 43b04d0943..0a084603b5 100644
--- a/populateStds.js
+++ b/populateStds.js
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ filenames.forEach((filename) => {
         id: filename.substring(0, filename.length - 3),
         adrId: components[1],
         version: components[2],
-        status: {},
+        state: {},
     }
     // now calculate the properties for the columns (plus stable0 as a helper)
-    obj.status.draft = obj.stabilized_at === undefined
-    obj.status.stable0 = !obj.status.draft && obj.stabilized_at <= today
-    obj.status.deprecated = obj.obsoleted_at !== undefined && obj.obsoleted_at < today
-    obj.status.stable = !obj.status.draft && !obj.status.stable0 && !obj.status.deprecated
-    obj.status.effective = obj.status.stable0 && !obj.status.deprecated
+    obj.state.draft = obj.stabilized_at === undefined
+    obj.state.stable0 = !obj.state.draft && obj.stabilized_at <= today
+    obj.state.deprecated = obj.obsoleted_at !== undefined && obj.obsoleted_at < today
+    obj.state.stable = !obj.state.draft && !obj.state.stable0 && !obj.state.deprecated
+    obj.state.effective = obj.state.stable0 && !obj.state.deprecated
     var track = obj.track
     if (track === undefined) return
     if (tracks[track] === undefined) tracks[track] = {}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ${headerLegend}
     Object.entries(trackEntry[1]).forEach((standardEntry) => {
         var versions = standardEntry[1].versions
         var ref = versions[versions.length - 1]
-        var effectiveVersions = versions.filter((v) => v.status.effective)
+        var effectiveVersions = versions.filter((v) => v.state.effective)
         if (effectiveVersions.length) {
             ref = effectiveVersions[effectiveVersions.length - 1]
         }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ ${headerLegend}
         slines.push('| -------- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | --------- |')
         var link = `[scs-${adrId}](/standards/${track.toLowerCase()}/scs-${adrId})`
         var versionList = ['draft', 'stable', 'effective', 'deprecated'].map(
-            (column) => mkLinkList(versions.filter((v) => v.status[column])) || '-'
+            (column) => mkLinkList(versions.filter((v) => v.state[column])) || '-'
         ).join(' | ')
         lines.push(`| ${link}  | ${track}  | ${ref.title}  | ${versionList}  |`)
         tlines.push(`| ${link}  | ${ref.title}  | ${versionList}  |`)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ ${headerLegend}
                 id: obj.id,
             }
             standardItem.items.push(versionItem)
-            slines.push(`| [scs-${adrId}-${obj.version}](/standards/${obj.id})  | ${obj.type}  | ${obj.status || obj.state}  | ${obj.stabilized_at || '-'}  | ${obj.obsoleted_at || '-'}  |`)
+            slines.push(`| [scs-${adrId}-${obj.version}](/standards/${obj.id})  | ${obj.type}  | ${obj.status}  | ${obj.stabilized_at || '-'}  | ${obj.obsoleted_at || '-'}  |`)
         })
         slines.push('')  // file should end with a single newline character
         fs.writeFileSync(`${trackPath}/scs-${adrId}.md`, slines.join('\n'), 'utf8')
diff --git a/standards/certification/overview.md b/standards/certification/overview.md
index abf743c8cf..614e5f1a35 100644
--- a/standards/certification/overview.md
+++ b/standards/certification/overview.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SCS certificates come with various scopes. See [Scopes and Versions](scopes-vers
 
 ## Becoming certified
 
-In order for a cloud service offering to obtain a certificate, it has to conform to all standards of the respective scope, which will be tested at regular intervals, and the results of these tests will be made available publicly. For more details on how to become certified, please consult the corresponding [document](https://github.com/SovereignCloudStack/standards/blob/issue/337/Standards/scs-0004-v1-achieving-certification.md).
+In order for a cloud service offering to obtain a certificate, it has to conform to all standards of the respective scope, which will be tested at regular intervals, and the results of these tests will be made available publicly. For more details on how to become certified, please consult the corresponding [document](/standards/scs-0004-v1-achieving-certification).
 
 ## Compliant cloud environments