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 the external behavior of the implementation is consistent with the behavior described in this document.

This protocol uses the abstract data model that is specified in [MS-OXCMSG] section 3.1.1 with the following adaptations:

• The Journal object is an extension of the Message object.

• A Journal object is created in the Journal special folder unless the end user or Mail User Agent (MUA) explicitly specifies another folder. For details about special folders, see [MS-OXOSFLD].