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From: klee@WSL.DEC.COM (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X Window System support in OSI environments
Message-ID: <8911081908.AA03467@chico.pa.dec.com>
Date: 8 Nov 89 19:08:39 GMT
Organization: The Internet
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I am starting a group to discuss the technical implications of
trying to map the X Network Protocol to OSI; in particular OSI
Layer 7 (application layer).

I will post discussions on comp.protocols.iso.  

To start, ANSI X3H3.6 is seeking individuals interested in
working on an OSI mapping for the ANSI X DSE Standard.  So far
the group has reviewed two proposals:

 a.	run X directly over a connection-oriented Transport layer
 b.	run X as another application layer protocol using minimal
	services of ACSE, Presentation and the FTAM unstructured
	binary presentation context.

It seems likely that a new work item will be started to
technically address this issue.  Most folks are leaning toward
proposal b above.

If interested, contact
rita brennan
nvuxr!reb@bellcore.bellcore.com

phone: (201) 758-2168.

I will post summaries and project status.    

<<<<< "ahead all is uncharted. i know not whither i am bound, but
only what i seek." >>>>>

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com
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