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From: reschly@BRL.MIL ("Robert J. Reschly Jr.")
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Subject: Namespace clashes (was: What is the IAB?)
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Date: 31 May 90 04:05:41 GMT
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      Good evening,

   A quick point worth noting.  I read Marty's note about CMOT being
advanced to DIS; thinking, "Yeah, it did get advanced to Draft Internet
Standard status".  I later read Amanda's note about Draft International
Standards under the same thread; again nodding in agreement. Only when I
read the next followup (again referring to Draft Internet Standards) did
I tumble -- namespace clash.

   I would propose PINS, DINS and INS where 'IN' comes from "InterNet"
but fear that is still to close to ISOese.  Maybe PIPS, DIPS, and IPS
with 'IP' coming from "Internet Protocol".  By tucking in the extra
word, the likelyhood of these acronyms being collapsed back to TLAs
(Three Letter Acronyms) is reduced.

				Later,
				    Bob 
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