Method of and apparatus for point-to-point communication between a sender
(SRV(m)) and a receiver (SRV(m)) by means of messages with flexible
message formats (ILMF) wherein any of said messages includes: a header
with a least message definition references (MSG ID. MSG CLASS, MSG
VERSION, MSG CREATOR), a sender identifier (SENDER ID) and a destination
address (DESTINATION ADDRESS); message content regarding: number of fields
(FIELD COUNT) and content of any field (FIELD(1), . . . ); number of
objects (OBJECT COUNT) and content of any object (OBJECT(1), . . . );
number of field mappings (MAP COUNT) and content of any field mapping
(MAP(1), . . . ), any field mapping being usable by predetermined fields;
number of actions (ACTION COUNT) and content of any actions (ACTION(1), .
. . ), any action being at least usable by predetermined fields.