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+# These are optional elements. Feel free to remove any of them.
+status: proposed
+contact: crickman, mabolan, semenshi
+date: 2024-01-16
+---
+
+# File Services
+
+## Context and Problem Statement
+OpenAI provides a file service for uploading files to be used for *assistant retrieval* or *model fine-tuning*: `https://api.openai.com/v1/files`
+
+Other providers may also offer some type of file-service, such as Gemini.
+
+> Note: *Azure Open AI* does not currently support the OpenAI file service API.
+
+## Considered Options
+
+1. Add OpenAI file service support to `Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Experimental.Agents`
+2. Add a file service abstraction and implement support for OpenAI
+3. Add OpenAI file service support without abstraction
+
+## Decision Outcome
+
+> Option 3. **Add OpenAI file service support without abstraction**
+> Mark code as experimental using label: `SKEXP0015`
+
+Defining a generalized file service interface provides an extensibility point for other vendors, in addition to *OpenAI*.
+
+## Pros and Cons of the Options
+
+### Option 1. Add OpenAI file service support to `Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Experimental.Agents`
+**Pro:**
+1. No impact to existing AI connectors.
+
+**Con:**
+1. No reuse via AI connectors.
+1. No common abstraction.
+1. Unnatural dependency binding for uses other than with OpenAI assistants.
+
+### Option 2. Add a file service abstraction and implement support for OpenAI
+**Pro:**
+1. Defines a common interface for file service interactions.
+1. Allows for specialization for vendor specific services.
+
+**Con:**
+1. Other systems may diverge from existing assumptions.
+
+
+### Option 3. Add OpenAI file service support without abstraction
+**Pro:**
+1. Provides support for OpenAI file-service.
+
+**Con:**
+1. File service offerings from other vendors supported case-by-case without commonality.
+
+
+## More Information
+
+### Signature of BinaryContent
+
+> Note: `BinaryContent` object able to provide either `BinaryData` or `Stream` regardless of which constructor is invoked.
+
+#### `Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Abstractions`
+
+```csharp
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents binary content.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class BinaryContent : KernelContent
+{
+    public BinaryContent(
+        BinaryData content,
+        string? modelId = null,
+        object? innerContent = null,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>? metadata = null);
+
+    public BinaryContent(
+        Func<Stream> streamProvider,
+        string? modelId = null,
+        object? innerContent = null,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>? metadata = null);
+
+    public Task<BinaryData> GetContentAsync();
+
+    public Task<Stream> GetStreamAsync();
+}
+```
+### Signatures for Option 3:
+
+#### `Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI`
+```csharp
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
+
+public sealed class OpenAIFileService
+{
+    public async Task<OpenAIFileReference> GetFileAsync(
+        string id,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public async Task<IEnumerable<OpenAIFileReference>> GetFilesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public async Task<BinaryContent> GetFileContentAsync(
+        string id,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public async Task DeleteFileAsync(
+        string id,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    public async Task<OpenAIFileReference> UploadContentAsync(
+        BinaryContent content,
+        OpenAIFileUploadExecutionSettings settings,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+}
+
+public sealed class OpenAIFileUploadExecutionSettings
+{
+    public string FileName { get; }
+ 
+    public OpenAIFilePurpose Purpose { get; }
+}
+
+public sealed class OpenAIFileReference
+{
+    public string Id { get; set; }
+
+    public DateTime CreatedTimestamp { get; set; }
+
+    public string FileName { get; set; }
+    
+    public OpenAIFilePurpose Purpose { get; set; }
+
+    public int SizeInBytes { get; set; }
+}
+
+public enum OpenAIFilePurpose
+{
+    Assistants,
+    Finetuning,
+}
+```