CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     Normative references
 3     Definitions
 4     General concept
 5     BFT file attributes
        5.1     File name syntax
        5.2     Permitted actions syntax
        5.3     Contents type syntax
        5.4     Storage account syntax
        5.5     Date and time syntax
        5.6     Identity attribute syntax
        5.7     File characteristic attributes syntax
        5.8     Legal qualifications syntax
        5.9     Private use syntax
       5.10     Environment syntax
       5.11     Structure syntax
       5.12     Recipient syntax
       5.13     Character set syntax
       5.14     Compression syntax
       5.15     Data format syntax
       5.16     Access control syntax (for further study)
       5.17     Store-and-forward syntax
       5.18     File and retrieval syntax (for further study)
       5.19     MIME media type syntax
Annex A – BFT abstract syntax definition
Annex B – Diagnostic messages
        B.1     Introduction
        B.2     Form of the diagnostic message
        B.3     Transfer of BFT diagnostic messages in DTAM transparent mode
Appendix I – Use of ASN.1 for encoding
        I.1     ASN.1 introduction
        I.2     Structure of an encoding
        I.3     Identifier octet
        I.4     Length octets
        I.5     Contents octets
        I.6     End-of-contents octets
Appendix II – Differences between BFT syntax and FTAM syntax
Appendix III – BFT abstract syntax definition of T.434 (1992)