We develop an intrinsic C*-algebraic model of a Gaussian field over a Hilbert space H. The model contains Gross' abstract Wiener spaces, Malliavin's Gaussian probability spaces and Itô's Wiener space. Within this model we exhibit correspondences between algebraic properties of symmetric Fock space over H and analytic properties of Malliavin calculus. As a consequence we obtain, prima facie, a canonical setting for Malliavin calculus. Mathematics Subject Classification 60G15, 60H07 (primary), 46J25, 46L53 (secondary).Proof. Linear independence follows from a theorem of Artin [2, Theorem 12]. If χ h (h 1 ) = χ h (h 2 ) for all h ∈ H r , then e it(h 1 −h 2 )(h) = 1 for all h ∈ H r and real t. Differentiating gives (h 1 − h 2 )(h) = 0 for all h ∈ H r and h 1 = h 2 .Definition 2.2 (Almost periodic compactification). The C*-algebra AP = AP H of almost periodic functions on H r is the closure in C b (H r ) of the *-subalgebraIn short,The almost periodic compactification of H r is the spectrum Ω ≡ Ω H of AP [10], [18, op. cit.].The underlying measurable spaces of our Gaussian fields will be (Ω, B) ≡ (Ω H , B H ) where B is the Baire σ-field of Ω. Suffixes are dropped when the meaning is clear.