3.2.1 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 their external behavior is consistent with what is specified in this document.
The software installation protocol state can be modeled in the manner specified in the subsections that follow. The conceptual data can be implemented using a variety of techniques.