\contentsline {part}{\uppercase {i}\phspace {1em}Introduction}{1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Overview}{3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}Fanatics Need Not Read Further}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}The Name of the Game}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.3}Operating Environments}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.4}Organization of the Release}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}A Note on this Implementation}{9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.6}Changes Since the Last Release}{10}
\contentsline {part}{\uppercase {ii}\phspace {1em}Application Services}{11}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Association Control}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}An Important Note}{14}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.2}Associations}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Association Establishment}{15}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Addresses}{15}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Address Encodings}{18}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Server Initialization}{21}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Client Initialization}{27}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Association Release}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.3}Association Abort}{37}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Higher-Performance Nameservice}{37}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.4}Association Events}{38}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4.1}Release Indication}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4.2}Abort Indication}{40}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.5}Select Facility}{41}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.6}Generic Server Dispatch}{41}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.7}Restrictions on User Data}{47}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.8}Error Conventions}{47}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.9}Compiling and Loading}{48}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.10}An Example}{48}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.11}For Further Reading}{53}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Remote Operations}{54}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Notice}{55}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Service Disciplines and Associations}{55}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}Remote Operations}{55}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.1}Selecting an Underlying Service}{60}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.2}Invoking Operations}{61}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.3}Replying to Requests}{63}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.4}Reading Replies}{64}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Invocation Indication}{66}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Result Indication}{67}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Error Indication}{67}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{User-Reject Indication}{68}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{End Indication}{69}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Finish Indication}{69}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.5}Rejecting Requests and Replies}{69}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.6}Asynchronous Event Handling}{70}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3.7}Synchronous Event Multiplexing}{72}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Error Conventions}{72}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.5}Compiling and Loading}{73}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.6}Two Examples}{73}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.6.1}The Generic Server}{73}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.6.2}The Generic Client}{80}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.7}For Further Reading}{83}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Reliable Transfer}{85}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Associations}{86}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.1}Association Establishment}{86}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Addresses}{86}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Server Initialization}{86}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Client Initialization}{89}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.2}Association Release}{91}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1.3}Association Abort}{93}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}Reliable Transfer}{94}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}Sending Data}{97}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.2}Receiving Data}{97}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Transfer Indication}{99}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Turn Indication}{99}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Close Indication}{100}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Finish Indication}{100}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.3}Managing the Turn}{100}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.4}Asynchronous Event Handling}{101}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.5}Synchronous Event Multiplexing}{102}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.6}Reliable Transfer (revisited)}{103}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.3}Error Conventions}{107}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.4}Compiling and Loading}{107}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.5}An Example}{108}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.6}For Further Reading}{110}
\contentsline {part}{\uppercase {iii}\phspace {1em}Data Services}{111}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Encoding of Data-Structures}{113}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.1}Presentation Streams}{113}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1.1}Creating a Stream}{114}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1.2}Stream I/O}{117}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1.3}Deleting a Stream}{118}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1.4}Implementing Other Abstractions}{118}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.2}Presentation Stream I/O}{120}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}Debugging}{121}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.3}Presentation Elements}{121}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.1}Creating an Element}{123}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.2}Deleting an Element}{125}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.3}Primitive Manipulation of Elements}{125}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.4}Presentation Element Transformations}{126}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.1}Boolean}{126}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.2}Integer}{127}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.3}Octetstring}{128}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.4}Octetstrings revisited}{129}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.5}Bitvector}{131}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.6}Object Identifier}{133}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.7}Timestring}{135}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.8}Sets and Sequences}{138}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.5}Inline CONStructors}{142}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.6}Compiling and Loading}{143}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.7}An Example}{143}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.8}For Further Reading}{145}
\contentsline {part}{\uppercase {iv}\phspace {1em}Databases}{147}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {6}The ISO Aliases Database}{149}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.1}Accessing the Database}{149}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.2}User-Specific Aliases}{150}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {7}The ISODE Entities Database}{151}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.1}Accessing the Database}{152}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {8}The ISO Macros Database}{154}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8.1}User-Specific Macros}{154}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {9}The ISODE Objects Database}{155}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9.1}Accessing the Database}{155}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {10}Defining New Services}{157}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.1}Standard Services}{158}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.2}GOSIP Services}{159}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.3}Static Servers}{160}
\contentsline {part}{\uppercase {v}\phspace {1em}Appendices}{161}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {A}Old-Style Associations}{163}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.1}Remote Operations}{163}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.1.1}Addresses}{163}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.1.2}Association Establishment}{164}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Server Initialization}{164}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Client Initialization}{168}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.1.3}Association Release}{169}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.1.4}An Example}{170}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.2}Reliable Transfer}{171}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.2.1}Addresses}{171}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.2.2}Association Establishment}{173}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Server Initialization}{173}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Client Initialization}{177}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.2.3}Association Release}{179}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.2.4}An Example}{180}