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<reference anchor='RFC2771'>

<front>
<title>An Abstract API for Multicast Address Allocation</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Finlayson' fullname='Ross Finlayson'>
<organization>Live Networks, Inc. (LIVE.COM)</organization>
<address>
<email>finlayson@live.com</email>
<uri>http://www.live.com/</uri></address></author>
<date month='February' year='2000' />
<abstract>
<t>This document describes the "abstract service interface" for the dynamic multicast address allocation service, as seen by applications.  While it does not describe a concrete API (i.e., for a specific programming language), it describes - in abstract terms -  the semantics of this service, including the guarantees that it makes to applications.</t>
<t>Additional documents (not necessarily products of the IETF) would describe concrete APIs for this service.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2771' />
</reference>
