Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!lll-tis!darmstadt.gmd.dbp.de!grimm From: grimm@darmstadt.gmd.dbp.de (Ruediger Grimm) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway Subject: Re: Start and end delimiter Message-ID: <1632:grimm@darmstadt.gmd.dbp.de> Date: 19 Sep 88 08:03:36 GMT Sender: root@tis.llnl.gov Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 Approved: post-x400-gateway@tis.llnl.gov > > ... > > and can, of course, be left out. The notation can be > > C=gb; A=GOLD 400; P=UK.AC; O=UCL; S=Master; G=Peter as well as > > C=gb;A=GOLD 400;P=UK.AC;O=UCL;S=Master;G=Peter. > > ... > Just look at the end of your example. What tells me that the Given Name is: > "G=Peter as well as" > or "G=Peter as well" > or "G=Peter as" > or "G=Peter" > or "G=Peter." > Seems that we need some precision, here... > > Christian Huitema The proposed change in the recommendation paper is like this: Three lines will be added to the paragraph "formal description": --- No formal end of a SAVAList is defined here. --- The start and stop delimiter of a SAVAList must be made clear --- by the context (outside the scope of this description). Greetings --- Ruediger