Re: ASN.1 of new Z39.50 spec

Alan Kent wrote:

> + The definition of Variant contains a CHOICE that contains unnamed
> + types. According to the latest ASN.1 spec I believe that all items
> + within a CHOICE must now be named.

The Z39.50 community made a firm decision in 1994 that Z39.50 would
never migrate beyond the 1992 version of ASN.1.  (If you want me to
recount that discussion, I can, but I presume it's not necessary.)


> XER requires them anyway in order to have a standard name to use
> in the XER encoding. Is it possible for the master copy of the spec
> to add in standard names? It won't change the BER encoding at all.

Yes, we can do this,  if you tell me the specific instances where you
want this done.

--Ray

Received on Monday, 6 May 2002 10:10:51 UTC