CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     Normative references
        2.1     Identical Recommendations | International Standards
        2.2     Paired Recommendations | International Standards equivalent in technical content
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Application Layer concepts
        5.1     Introduction
        5.2     Application-processes
        5.3     Application-entities
        5.4     Application-service-objects
        5.5     Application-service-elements
        5.6     Control functions
        5.7     ASO-associations
        5.8     ASO-context
        5.9     ASO naming
       5.10     Application-associations
       5.11     Application-context
       5.12     Names and directory functions
 6     Operation of application-entity-invocations
        6.1     Use of application-associations
        6.2     Operation of ASO-invocations and ASE-invocations
        6.3     Interaction with the supporting service
        6.4     Interaction with the Presentation Layer
        6.5     Error recovery and ASO-association
 7     Application Layer specifications
        7.1     Categories of specification
        7.2     Relationships among specifications
        7.3     Properties of specifications
 8     Abstract  syntax definition
 9     Registration requirements
Annex  A  –  Some aspects of combining  ASEs and ASOs
Annex  B  –  Relationship between application-contexts and application profiles
Annex  C  –  Relationship of the terms between this edition and the previous edition of ISO/IEC 9545