IPC 2501 : 0

1 Scope
  1.1 General Design Principals
  1.2 Intended Audience
2 Interpretation
3 General Requirements
  3.1 Terms and Definitions
  3.2 Communication Architecture
      3.2.1 TCP/IP Usage
      3.2.2 HTTP Usage
      3.2.3 SOAP with Attachments Usage
  3.3 Message Transfer
      3.3.1 Client to Message Broker Transfer
      3.3.2 Message Broker to Client Transfer
      3.3.3 Client to Client Transfer (Point-to-Point)
  3.4 Quality of Service
      3.4.1 Guaranteed Message Delivery
      3.4.2 Data Integrity
      3.4.3 Acknowledge
      3.4.4 Queue Full Operation
  3.5 Domain Configuration
4 IPC-2501 Messages
  4.1 GetDomainConfiguration
  4.2 DomainConfiguration
      4.2.1 DomainConfiguration Element
      4.2.2 Broker Element
      4.2.3 ClientList Element
      4.2.4 Client Element
      4.2.5 PublishList Element
      4.2.6 ReceiveList Element
      4.2.7 SubscriptionList Element
      4.2.8 DomainConfiguration
  4.3 DomainConfigurationChange
  4.4 GetMessage
  4.5 Acknowledge
  4.6 Error
5 Process Flow Diagrams
  5.1 Client to Message Broker Transfer
  5.2 Message Broker to Client Transfer
6 Example Domain Configuration
7 References
Appendix A

Describes the governing semantics and an XML based syntax for shop floor communication between electronic assembly equipment and associated software applications. Also outlines the communication architecture and supporting XML messages. And also describes a messaging interface that is based upon an architecture whereby a single logical middleware server (the Message Broker) exchanges messages among clients in a domain.