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The General Inter-ORB Protocol (GIOP) element specifies a standard transfer syntax (low-level data representation) and a set
of message formats for communications between ORBs. The GIOP is specifically built for ORB to ORB interactions and is designed
to work directly over any connection-oriented transport protocol that meets a minimal set of assumptions. It does not require
or rely on the use of higher level RPC mechanisms. The protocol is simple, scalable and relatively easy to implement. It is
designed to allow portable implementations with small memory footprints and reasonable performance, with minimal dependencies
on supporting software other than the underlying transport layer.
While versions of the GIOP running on different transports would not be directly interoperable, their commonality would allow
easy and efficient bridging between such networking domains.