3.2.1 Abstract Data Model

This section describes a conceptual model of possible data organization that an implementation maintains to participate in this protocol. The described organization is provided to facilitate the explanation of how the protocol behaves. This document does not mandate that implementations adhere to this model as long as their external behavior is consistent with that described in this document.

Contact class: A structured XML text block that specifies a contact and adheres to the XML schema specified in section 2.2. It is returned by the server as part of a full XML response to the client requests specified in section 3.1.5.

Command response: A WBXML formatted message that adheres to the command schemas specified in [MS-ASCMD].