Re: proposed: use abstract syntax notation (asn06)

> 
> Chris Welty wrote:
> 
> > Still, I'd be very surprised if there wasn't already something out there 
> > that provided this kind of functionality and would be happy to hear of it.
> 
> Well there is ASN.1 of course (I assume the name asn06 is a deliberate 
> pun on that).
> 
> ASN.1 is pretty complex but I guess it might be possible to make asn06 a 
> strict subset of ASN.1 then one could use the various ASN.1 tools for 
> generating concrete serializations using the standardized or custom 
> encoding rules.
> 
> Though I detect a lack of fondness in people's voices when they talk 
> about ASN.1 ...

I think we are discussing tertiary issues at the time when there is a lot
of work ahead on the primary ones. No wonder that after 1 year we are still
arguing what a core of RIF is.


	--michael  

Received on Monday, 13 November 2006 22:20:05 UTC