3.2.1 Abstract Data Model

Format Identifiers Table: A table of format identifiers.

High-Level Client states:

Enabled: In this state, the client has one or more registered format identifiers.

Disabled: In this state, the client has no registered format identifiers.

Process states for the registration a format identifier:

Not Registered: In this state, the format identifier is not registered at the client.

Registering: In this state, the client attempts to add the format identifier to the Format Identifier Table.

Registered: In this state, the client SHOULD examine received 802.11 Beacons or Probe Responses for the presence of the discovery information elements with a format identifier hash that matches the registered identifier. Matches found are then delivered to the client discovery application.