3.3.1 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 that described in this document. The conceptual data can be implemented by using a variety of techniques. Any data structure that stores the conceptual data MAY be used in the implementation.

SLC chain: An XrML 1.2 [XRML] certificate chain that signs the RMS server's public key into the appropriate certificate hierarchy. The SLC format is specified in RMS: Client-Server Protocol Specification ([MS-RMPR] section 2.2.9).

Server key pair: An asymmetric key pair used for encryption and signing on the server.<19>