ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10021-5 Fourth edition 1999-12-15 Information technology Message Handling Systems (MHS): Message store: Abstract service definition Technologies de I'informationSystemes de messagerie (MHS):Memoire demessages:Définitionduserviceabstrait Reference number ISO/IEC10021-5:1999(E) IEC tso @ISO/IEC1999 ISO/IEC10021-5:1999(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In the unlikely event @ISO/IEC1999 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Published by ISO in 2000 Printed in Switzerland ISO/IEC10021-5:1999(E) CONTENTS Page SECTION 1 - GENERAL. 1 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references.. 2.1 Reference Model references. 2 2.2 22 Presentationreferences. 2.3 Remote Operations references 2.4 Directory references. 2 2.5 Message Handling references 2 3 Definitions 2 3.1 Common Definitions for MHS. 2 Message Store Definitions. 3 3.2 4 Abbreviations.. 6 5 Conventions.. 6 5.1 Conventions for abstract-services.... 6 5.2 Conventions for attribute-types used in Tables 2 and 3 of clause 11 7 5.3 Conventions for attribute-types used in Table 4 of clause 11... 7 5.4 General font conventions.. 7 5.5 Font conventions for ASN.1 definitions.. 5.6 Rules for ASN.1 definitions.. 5.7 Conventions for previous editions of this Service Definition 8 5.8 ASN.1Packed EncodingRules. 8 5.9 Interpretation of UTC Time values 8 SECTION 2-MESSAGE STORE ABSTRACT-SERVICE DEFINITION 8 6 Message Store model.. 8 6.1 Message Store objects and contracts 9 6.2 Message Store ports... 10 6.2.1 Retrieval Ports... 10 6.2.2 MS-submission Ports . 11 6.2.3 Administration Ports 11 6.3 Information model. 11 6.3.1 Entry-classes 11 6.3.2 Entries. 12 6.3.3 Attributes 12 6.3.3.1 Attribute-type 13 6.3.3.2 Attribute-values. 13 6.3.3.3 The ATTRIBUTE information object class . 13 6.3.4 Main-entries, parent-entries, and child-entries. 14 6.3.5 Content-specific Attributes ... 14 6.3.6 Entry-types... 15 6.3.7 Organization of entry-classes 15 6.3.7.1 The Stored-message entry-class 16 6.3.7.2 The Message-log entry-class 16 6.3.7.3 The Auto-action-log entry-class 17 6.3.7.4 Entry-class support. 17 6.3.8 Retrieval-status... 17 ISO/IEC 10021-5:1999(E) Page 6.3.9 Matching-rules... 18 6.3.9.1 Generic Matching Rules 18 6.3.9.2 Matching Rule definition .. 19 6.3.9.3 The MATCHING-RULE information object class. 19 6.4 .Message grouping ...... 19 6.5 Auto-actions... 20 6.5.1 TheAUTO-ACTIONinformationobiectclass 20 6.5.2 Auto-action registration ... 21 6.5.3 Auto-action errors.... 21 6.5.4 Auto-action execution.. 21 6.6 MS extensions.... 22 7 MS-bind and MS-unbind operations.. 22 MS-bind abstract-operation... 22 7.1 7.1.1 MS.-bind.-argument... 22 7.1.2 MS-bind-result ... 24 7.1.3 MS-bind-error. 26 7.2 MS-unbind abstract-operation. 27 8 Abstract-operations... 27 8.1 Common data-types used in abstract-operations 27 8.1.1 27 Range.. 8.1.2 Filters.... 28 8.1.2.1 Fi