<div class="content"><p> </p><p>The Remote Data Services (RDS) Transport Protocol<a id="Appendix_A_Target_1"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 1" href="d634b3eb-6211-459f-8760-55e95edc9c5f#Appendix_A_1" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;1&gt;</a> is an HTTP request/response
protocol that facilitates:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Remote method definition and invocation, including encoding of
method call, parameters, and return parameters.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Method definitions for executing database commands and for
synchronizing database results.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Definition of a record format for encoding database results.</p>
</li></ul><p>Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are
normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are
informative.</p></div>