This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 (AFT3) covers management of files between the filestores of two end systems, using the OSI connection-mode transport service to provide the interconnection. One end system acts in the initiator role and initiates the file management, the other end system acts in the responder role and provides management of the file in the virtual filestore.
These role combinations and the interoperability are shown in table 1.
Table 1 - Interoperable configurations
Initiator Responder
Sender Receiver Sender Receiver
Initiator Sender X
Receiver X
Respon-der Sender X
Receiver X
This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 specifies implementations that support file management, i.e. the ability to
a) create and delete a file, and
b) read and change the attributes of a file.
This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 shall be implemented with one or more of ISO/IEC ISP 10607-3, ISO/IEC ISP 10607-4, ISO/IEC ISP 10607-5. Therefore, this part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 specifies only that functionality which is additional to the functionality of the related parts.
This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 specifies how the OSI FTAM application standard shall be used to provide the functions defined above. It does not specify total system capability. In particular, a system may operate this profile and at the same time engage in other Communications. The requirements placed on an implementation in this part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 are solely those necessary for operation of the protocol specified.
This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 describes the actions and attributes of the virtual filestore, and the service provided by the file service provider to file service users, together with the necessary communications between the initiator and the responder.
1.2 Position within the taxonomy
This part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 is identified in ISO/IEC TR 10000-2 as "AFT3 - File Management Service".
It may be combined with any T-Profiles (see ISO/IEC TR 10000) specifying the OSI connection-mode transport service.
1.3 Scenario
The model used is one of two end systems establishing an association and managing files in the responder's virtual filestore as shown in figure 1.
Real filestore 1 End system 1 - Initiator-
Virtual filestore 2
End system 2 -Responder- Real filestore 2
Figure 1 - File management between two end systems
Specifications of this part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607 apply on the double lines of figure 1. The mapping between the virtual filestore and the real filestore together with the local data management system is not defined in this part of ISO/IEC ISP 10607.