sideband

RPC Layer

Authority: Navigation (Non-normative)
Purpose: Overview and navigation for RPC semantic layer.

RPC is a semantic layer carried inside SBP Message frames. It does not define framing, transport, or security—those are handled by SBP and the session layer (SBRP/SBDP).

Relationship to SBP

RPC envelopes are encoded in MessageFrame.data. Subject prefixes determine envelope semantics: rpc/ for request/response, event/ for notifications. See envelope.md#subject-namespacing.

Delegation

This protocol delegates:

Wire format: Inherits SBP frame structure (see sbp/wire-format.md)
Error codes: Reuses SBP protocol errors (1000-1999); defines application errors (2000+) in envelope.md
Ordering: Inherits SBP ordering guarantees (see sbp/behavior.md)

This protocol defines:

Envelope format: See envelope.md
Correlation: See behavior.md
Subject namespacing: See envelope.md

Errors

RPC defines error codes in the 1050–1099 range (see envelope.md). It also uses:

SBP protocol errors (1000–1049) — see sbp/errors.md
Application errors (2000+) — defined per-method

See Error Code Ownership for the full allocation.

Documents

Document	Status
envelope.md	Normative
behavior.md	Normative
conformance.md	Supporting
streams.md	Reserved

Document Authority

Concern	Primary	Supporting
Envelope structure	envelope.md	—
Request/response semantics	behavior.md	—
Correlation	behavior.md	—
Test specification	conformance.md	—