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From: benl@adt.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Ben.Lheureux)
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Subject: Re: What is the current status of ISO RDA?
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Date: 19 Feb 91 21:03:16 GMT
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In article <1991Feb12.194807.769@IDA.ORG> bryk@IDA.ORG (Bill Brykczynski) writes:
>Pardon if this topic has been recently discussed, but what
>is the current status of the Remote Database Access standard?
>The last I heard was that the generic RDA standard was out for its 
>second ballot, and that the SQL specialization was out for its
>first.  The results of the ballot were to be made public late
>in 1990.  Were they successful?
>
>Who is experimenting with RDA?  I had heard that X3H2.1 had
>formed a consortium to  develop an RDA prototype, and that it
>was composed of major vendors (e.g., Tandem, DEC, Ingres, HP, 
>NCR, etc.,).  Are any results available?  Is anyone else 
>experimenting with RDA?

The SQL Access group is working on (and making significant progress
on) a prototype of RDA and X/Open's Specification of SQL.  You may 
talk to our PR representative for more details:

	Bob Crutchfield
	996 Redondo Avenue
	Suite 515
	Long Beach, CA 90804
	(213) 438-5788

>Bill Brykczynski
>Institute for Defense Analyses
>1801 N. Beauregard St.
>Alexandria, VA 22311
>703-845-6641
>bryk@ida.org

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