• TOP (Technical and Office Protocols) is designed for the office environment.
• Preferred LAN is IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, But allows for Token Bus (IEEE 802.4) and Token Ring (IEEE 802.5). Fibre optical media will be added when they are defined.
• uses same ISO standards for network, transport, session and presentation layers that MAP uses
• ACSE and FTAM are the same as MAP, MMS is not included
• (MHS) CCITT X.400 message handling service provides electronic mail transfers of all types of documents
• ISO Virtual terminal protocol to allow a terminal on any machine to log onto any other machine.
• ODA/ODIF (ISO Office Document Architecture and Office Document Interchange Format) To permit formatted documents to be transmitted independently of the package used to create them. (Text, and Raster or Line graphics)
• CGM (ISO Computer Graphics Metafile) to permit the exchange of geometrical graphics
• IGES (ANSI Initial Graphics Exchange Standard) to exchange product design information among CAD/CAM workstations.