RFC 166 (rfc166) - Page 1 of 20


Data Reconfiguration Service: An implementation specification



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Network Working Group                                       Bob Anderson
Request for Comments: 166                                           Rand
NIC 6780                                                       Vint Cerf
                                                                    UCLA
                                                            Eric Harslem
                                                            John Haefner
                                                                    Rand
                                                              Jim Madden
                                                          U. of Illinois
                                                            Bob Metcalfe
                                                                     MIT
                                                           Arie Shoshani
                                                                     SDC
                                                               Jim White
                                                                    UCSB
                                                              David Wood
                                                                   Mitre
                                                             25 May 1971

    DATA RECONFIGURATION SERVICE -- AN IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATION

                                 CONTENTS

     I.  INTRODUCTION ...................................  2

         Purpose of this RFC ............................  2
         Motivation .....................................  2

    II.  OVERVIEW OF THE DATA RECONFIGURATION SERVICE ...  3

         Elements of the Data Reconfiguration SERVICE ...  3
         Conceptual Network Connections .................  3
         Conception Protocols and Message Formats .......  4
         Example Connection Configurations ..............  7

   III.  THE FORM MACHINE ...............................  8

         Input/Output Streams and Forms .................  8
         Form Machine BNF Syntax ........................  8
         Alternate Specification of Form Machine Syntax .  9
         Forms .......................................... 10
         Rules .......................................... 10
         Terms .......................................... 11

           Term Format 1 ................................ 11
           Term Format 2 ................................ 11
           Term Format 3 ................................ 14
           Term Format 4 ................................ 14



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