ISO/IEC 8885:1993

Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — High-level data link control (HDLC) procedures — General purpose XID frame information field content and format

Defines a single-exchange negotiation procedure for establishing operational characteristics when either one or more HDLC stations are capable of providing multiple selections. Provides a means for interchanging the necessary information to establish, at a minimum, a data link connection between two correspondents wishing to communicate. Describes the general purpose XID frame information field content and format. Defines encoding for information related to the basic HDLC standards only.