1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols

This protocol uses the AtomPub messaging protocol for formatting requests and responses as described in [RFC5023] and URI and Payload extensions to the AtomPub protocol as described in [MS-ODATA]. It transmits these messages using the HTTP protocol as described in [RFC2616] or the HTTPS protocol as described in [RFC2818].

The following diagram shows the underlying messaging and transport stack that the protocol uses:

This protocol in relation to other protocols

Figure 1 This protocol in relation to other protocols