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 what is described in this document.

Note: It is possible to implement the following conceptual data by using a variety of techniques as long as the implementation produces external behavior that is consistent with what is described in this document.