<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In the seven - layer OSI model of computer networking, the presentation layer is layer 6 and serves as the data translator for the network . It is sometimes called the syntax layer . </P> <P> The presentation layer is responsible for the delivery and formatting of information to the application layer for further processing or display . It relieves the application layer of concern regarding syntactical differences in data representation within the end - user systems . An example of a presentation service would be the conversion of an EBCDIC - coded text computer file to an ASCII - coded file . </P> <P> The presentation layer is the lowest layer at which application programmers consider data structure and presentation, instead of simply sending data in the form of datagrams or packets between hosts . This layer deals with issues of string representation - whether they use the Pascal method (an integer length field followed by the specified amount of bytes) or the C / C++ method (null - terminated strings, e.g. "thisisastring \ 0"). The idea is that the application layer should be able to point at the data to be moved, and the presentation layer will deal with the rest . </P>

Which layer of osi model is responsible for formatting message packets