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Transaction Internet Protocol - Requirements and Supplemental Information

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Network Working Group                                         K. Evans
Request for Comments: 2372                                    J. Klein
Category: Informational                               Tandem Computers
                                                               J. Lyon
                                                             Microsoft
                                                             July 1998


            Transaction Internet Protocol - Requirements and
                        Supplemental Information

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes the purpose (usage scenarios), and
   requirements for the Transaction Internet Protocol [1]. It is
   intended to help qualify the necessary features and functions of the
   protocol. It also provides supplemental information to aid
   understanding and facilitate implementation of the TIP protocol.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction                                               2
   2.  The Transaction Internet Protocol                          3
   3.  Scope                                                      4
   4.  Anticipated Usage of TIP                                   4
   5.  TIP Compliant Systems                                      4
   6.  Relationship to the X/Open DTP Model                       5
   7.  Example TIP Usage Scenario                                 5
   8.  TIP Transaction Recovery                                   9
   9.  TIP Transaction and Application Message Serialisation     10
   10. TIP Protocol and Local Actions                            10
   11. Security Considerations                                   11
   12. TIP Requirements                                          11
       References                                                14
       Authors' Addresses                                        15
       Comments                                                  15
   A.  An Example TIP Transaction Manager API                    16
       Full Copyright Statement                                  24



Evans, et. al.               Informational
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