3.1.1 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.

• Conglomeration Table: A table of conglomerations. Each entry has the following fields.

  • Conglomeration Identifier: The conglomeration identifier.

  • Partition ID: An implementation-specific GUID that identifies a conceptual group (or type) of conglomerations to which this conglomeration belongs.<18>

• Instance Container Table: A table of instance containers that exist for the conglomeration. Each entry has the following fields.

  • Container Identifier: The container identifier.

  • Container Legacy Identifier: The container legacy identifier.

  • Process Identifier: The process identifier that contains the instance container.

  • Container Statistics: The container statistics, as specified in section 2.2.2.

• Component Table: A table of components that are instantiated in the container. Each component entry has the following field.

  • Component Data: The component data, as specified in section 2.2.4.