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From: kehres@tis.llnl.gov (Tim Kehres)
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Subject: Re: Standardizing Email?
Keywords: Wouldn't it be nice
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Date: 18 Aug 88 02:01:00 GMT
References: <788@vsi.UUCP> <145@chiron.UUCP> <25924@think.UUCP>
Reply-To: kehres@tis.llnl.gov (Tim Kehres)
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In article <25924@think.UUCP> barmar@kulla.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
: 
> 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.

ASN.1 has evolved from 1984 X.409.  The most current documents that
I have on ASN.1 are ISO 8824 (DIS) and ISO 8825 (DIS).  The specification
of ASN.1 will no longer be part of the X.400 series of recommendations.

Tim Kehres