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Subject: Re: ASN.1
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Date: 27 Aug 90 12:44:00 GMT
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In <2721@vela.acs.oakland.edu> schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu
(Roland Schemers III) asks:
> Hello! Where does one get info on ASN.1? Are there any ftp'able
> sites with info on ASN.1?

> Thanx, Roland

The best source that I have found is:

"A Tutorial on ASN.1", by Philip Gaudette; dated May 1989.
Technical Report NCSL/SNA-89/12

It can be ordered by sending a request to:

        Attn. Document Request
        National Institute of Standards and Technology
        Systems and Network Architecture Division
        B-217/Technology Building
        Gaithersburg MD 20899

The publication is free.  On the cover page of the report it says, "A
version of this article has been submitted for publication to
'Computer Networks and ISDN Systems'"

In June 1990, a former co-worker (and current friend) Bob Odegard
posted a request similar to yours.  You may wish to contact him by
email to see if he has additional reccomendations; his email address
is "bob.odegard@sandiego.ncr.com".  In his post he recommended two
books that discuss the topic.  They were:

  Standards for Open Systems Interconnection by Knightson,Knowles,Larmouth
  The Open Book by Marshall T. Rose

My opinion is that Standards for Open Systems Interconnection is too
superficial at the presentation and application layers to be of much use.

Of course, ISO 8824-Specification of ASN.1 and ISO 8825-Specification
of Basic Encoding Rules for ASN.1 must be mentioned.

In the References Section of "A Tutorial on ASN.1" are a couple of
additional suggestions:
     D. Chappell. "A Tutorial on Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1).
     Omnicom Information Service Report 25, Omnicom, Inc., Vienna,
     Virginia, December 1986.

     J.A. Zajaczkowski.  An introduction to the CCITT/ISO standard on
     transfer syntax and notation.  "British Telecom Technology Journal",
     October 1987.

Good Luck,

JT

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