- From: Ray Denenberg <rden@loc.gov>
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:12:38 -0400
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
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