<s>
FTAM	B-Protocol
,	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
standard	O
8571	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
OSI	O
application	B-Application
layer	I-Application
protocol	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
,	O
access	O
and	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
FTAM	B-Protocol
is	O
to	O
combine	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
protocol	O
both	O
file	O
transfer	O
,	O
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
remote	O
access	O
to	O
open	O
files	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
NFS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
other	O
OSI	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
,	O
FTAM	B-Protocol
has	O
not	O
been	O
widely	O
adopted	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
TCP/IP	O
based	O
Internet	O
has	O
become	O
the	O
dominant	O
global	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FTAM	B-Protocol
protocol	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
German	O
banking	O
sector	O
to	O
transfer	O
clearing	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Banking	O
Communication	O
Standard	O
(	O
BCS	O
)	O
over	O
FTAM	B-Protocol
access	O
(	O
short	O
BCS-FTAM	O
)	O
was	O
standardized	O
in	O
the	O
DFÜ-Abkommen	O
(	O
EDI-agreement	O
)	O
enacted	O
in	O
Germany	O
on	O
15	O
March	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BCS-FTAM	O
transmission	O
protocol	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Banking	O
Internet	O
Communication	O
Standard	O
(	O
EBICS	O
)	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
obligatory	O
support	O
for	O
BCS	O
over	O
FTAM	B-Protocol
was	O
ceased	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RFC	O
1415	O
provides	O
an	O
FTP-FTAM	O
gateway	O
specification	O
but	O
attempts	O
to	O
define	O
an	O
Internet-scale	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
have	O
instead	O
focused	O
on	O
Server	B-Operating_System
message	I-Operating_System
block	I-Operating_System
,	O
NFS	B-Protocol
or	O
Andrew	B-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
as	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	B-Protocol
8571	I-Protocol
,	O
Information	O
processing	O
systems	O
—	O
Open	O
Systems	O
Interconnection	O
—	O
File	O
Transfer	O
,	O
Access	O
and	O
Management	O
,	O
is	O
split	O
into	O
five	O
parts	O
:	O
</s>
