Negotiation Flow (part 2)

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PROP Here's a Proposal Yes Yes any time OK or SRY or PROP Text of a proposal Signature of initiator, fingerprint of previous Proposal
RFD Request for Data No Yes any time SRY, PROP, RFP, RFT or TXD Names of data elements, sets of data elements, or categories Previous agreement or new PROP
RFP Request for Proposal Yes Yes any time PROP or SRY Must agreement be signed? Set of URLs to be covered
RFT Request for Text of Proposal Yes No Agreement PROP or SRY Agreement  
TXD Transfer Data Yes Yes any time none, OK-TXD or SRY-TXD Data element names and values to be written, as requested Agreement
STP Stop negotiation Yes No any time before reaching an agreement Good question! none  

Jim Miller

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