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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: Standardizing Email?
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Date: 16 Aug 88 21:59:33 GMT
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In article <145@chiron.UUCP> jon@chiron.UUCP (Jon L. Griffeth) writes:
>  If anyone can tell how
>to obtain information on ANS.1, I'd be greatful.  I seem to have missed
>it in my search.

I believe ANS.1 is described in X.409, "Message Handling Systems:
Presentation Transfer Syntax and Notation".  However, it never
actually seems to use the phrase "Abstract Syntax Notation", nor the
abbreviation ANS.1.

Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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