1.1 Glossary

This document uses the following terms:

Information Access Service (IAS): Each device that implements the set of infrared protocols, specifically [IRLMP], maintains an information base so that one IrDA device can discover what services another IrDA-compliant device offers, as well as gain information about the device itself. This information is held in a number of objects in the information base and is accessed by communicating with the IAS.

IrDA: The Infrared Data Association, often referred to as IrDA, is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to develop globally adopted specifications for infrared wireless communication.

IrOBEX: An acronym for the IrDA-defined Infrared Object Exchange protocol, as specified in [IROBEX].

Link Service Access Point Selector (LSAP-SEL): A selector that distinguishes between LSAPs within a station. Legal values for an LSAP-SEL lie in the range 0x00–0x7F. With the exception of the special LSAP-SEL values 0x00 (LM-IAS), 0x70 (Connectionless Data service), 0x71-0x7E (reserved), and 0x7F (reserved for broadcast and currently not implemented), the assignment of LSAP-SEL values is arbitrary. See [IRLMP] section 3.1.2 for more details.

service access point (SAP): An identifying label for network endpoints that are used in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking. The SAP is a conceptual location at which one OSI layer can request the services of another OSI layer.

TinyTP: Infrared Data Association Tiny Transport Protocol, as specified in [IRTTP].

MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.