When a Client wants to use a Service provided by Salutation Equipment, the Salutation Manager can establish a virtual data pipe between a Client and a Service. This is called a Service Session. Commands, responses and data are exchanged between Clients and Services on these data pipes in blocks called Messages.
Messages have a defined format and are exchanged under a defined protocol.
Such definitions of message exchange format and protocol are called Personality Protocols. The Salutation Manager may be instructed to operate in one of three distinct Personality Protocols while managing this data pipe. The Salutation Manager may set up the data pipe and then step into the background, allowing the Client and Service to manage the message stream and data formats. This is known as Native Personality. This personality is useful when Salutation Manager is used solely to discover the capabilities of other Network Entities, with the applications, services and devices managing the interactions between Clients and discovered Services.