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<reference anchor='RFC0713'>

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<title>MSDTP-Message Services Data Transmission Protocol</title>
<author initials='J.' surname='Haverty' fullname='Jack Haverty'>
<organization>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)</organization>
<address>
<email>JFH@MIT-DMS</email></address></author>
<date month='April' day='6' year='1976' />
<abstract>
<t>A mechanism is defined for use by message servers in transferring data between hosts.  The mechanism, called the MSDTP, is defined in terms of a model of the process as a translation between two sets of items, the abstract entities such as 'strings' and 'integers', and the formats used to represent such data as a byte stream.</t>
<t>A proposed organization of a general data transfer mechanism is described, and the manner in which the MSDTP would be used in that environment is presented.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='713' />
</reference>
