This Functional Standard covers management of files between the file-stores 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 interoperability are shown in the table below.
This Functional Standard specifies implementations that support file management, i.e. the ability to:
1. create and delete a file;
2. read and change the attributes of a file.
This Functional Standard shall be implemented with one or more of the Application Functions A/llx or A/12x. It does therefore not specify how the OSI Session Layer, Presentation Layer and ACSE standards shall be used.
The basis of this Functional Standard is the base documents as listed in clause 3. Note that all references are made to a specific version of each base .document, and to that version only. (Any subsequent versions may contain changes that make parts of this Functional Standard invalid.)