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From: morgan@jessica.Stanford.EDU
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Subject: Re: ODA/ODIF
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Date: 8 Jan 88 17:51:12 GMT
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Yes, let's hear more about ODA/ODIF.  As with so many convergences in
our modern world, there is one right around the corner involving word
processing, electronic mail, electronic publishing, hypermedia,
desktop publishing, etc.  Yet another opportunity for those with
vision and tenacity to take the collective bull by the horns.

Some interesting initial questions are:

* How do we get the ODA/ODIF standards documents?

* How does ODA/ODIF compare with IBM's DCA, etc, which seems to be
becoming a defacto interchange standard in this country?

* How does ODA/ODIF relate to something like PostScript, which
(especially with its soon-to-arrive screen display versions) is an
interchange standard of a different sort?

* Are there implementations of ODA/ODIF?

* Is ODA/ODIF capable of rendering the sorts of hypermedia things we
(well, I at least) expect to do?

* Is there already a mailing list/newsgroup on this topic anywhere?

* And, um, what do the letters stand for?

Expectantly,

- RL "Bob" Morgan
  Stanford Networking
  morgan@jessica.stanford.edu
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