Chapter Overview

This chapter is an overview of the HP-UX implementation of FTAM. The chapter discusses both the standards on which HP FTAM/9000 is based and the high-level concepts you should know before writing FTAM applications (user programs). The major topics are as follows.

The HP-UX Implementation of FTAM
- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
- ISO/IS 8571 FTAM
- Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) 3.0
- Implementors Agreements
- Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS)
Conceptual FTAM Overview
- Virtual Filestore (VFS)
- Regimes
- FTAM Communication
  Initiators and Responders
  Application Entities (AEs)
  Synchronous and Asynchronous Calls
- File Attributes
- Document Types
  Constraints Sets
  Access Contexts
- FTAM File Structure Model

Chapter Overview

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