OSI/MHS Gateway Programmatic Interface (GPI) Reference Manual

Glossary
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forwarded IPM
forwarded IPM. An interpersonal message that is enclosed in and being forwarded by
another interpersonal message.
forwarded notification (FN). An EDIN that reports responsibility for an EDIM has been
forwarded together with the subject EDIM. A forwarded notification is generated by a
receiving EDI-UA, EDI-MS, or PDAU when EDIM responsibility can not be given to
the associated user, and the EDIM is forwarded to another recipient. A forwarded
notification is generated only if it had been requested by the originator of the EDIM.
See also EDIM responsibility.
forwarding IPM. An interpersonal message that encloses another interpersonal message,
which is being forwarded.
fully qualified file name. A file specification that includes the volume, subvolume, and file
name ($vol.subvol.filename), possibly preceded by a system name (\system).
gateway. In general, a device or program that connects dissimilar networks at any layer
above the Network Layer, compensating for protocol differences between the networks.
In X.400, a program that integrates a proprietary messaging system with an X.400
network. For example, the GPI and its client together form a gateway.
GATEWAY object. An object type, used in OSI/MHS management interfaces, that defines
and controls the Transfer X400 gateway or a gateway application based on the Gateway
Programmatic Interface (GPI).
GI (gateway interface) class. The OSI/MHS CLASS object that identifies the set of all GI
groups in an OSI/MHS subsystem.
GIP (Gateway Interface Process). The server that moves messages between a proprietary
message system and OSI/MHS. An application, or “client,” uses the GPI library for
access to the GIP.
GPI (Gateway Programmatic Interface ). A service that provides X.400 access to
proprietary messaging systems through Compaq OSI/MHS.
GPI library. The GPI procedural interface.
GPI service. The combined function of the GPI library and the GIP.
group. A collection of one or more processes and databases that provide a defined set of
services.
GROUP object. An object type, used in OSI/MHS management interfaces, that identifies a
set of related processes and databases: for instance, a message relay process (MRP), a
reliable transfer service (RTS) process, a PDU store, and a store cleaner (SC) process.
You use a GROUP object to configure, stop, and start the set of processes as a unit.
Guardian 90 operating system. The operating system for Compaq NonStop™ systems.