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From: kap121@ztivax.UUCP (Thomas Oeser)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: another of the most commonly asked question .. Obtaining ISO Documents
Summary: Source of ISO documents
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Date: 9 Feb 89 08:57:21 GMT
References: <218@hsvpmi.UUCP> <6217@saturn.ucsc.edu>
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In article <6217@saturn.ucsc.edu>, ulmo@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Brad Allen) writes:
> 
>  .....
> 
> One of the major problems with ISO is that their documentation is not
> readily accessible as far as I know to email people.  Is ISO public domain?
> Is there a server for ISO documents?  Does any Internet site have them online?

ISO documents that are already International Standards or Technical Reports are
distributed by

		International Organization for Standardization
		1, rue de Varembe
		Case postale 56
		CH-1211 Geneva 20

		Phone: + 41 22 34 12 40
		Fax:   + 41 22 33 34 30
		Telex: 23 887 iso ch

ISO owns a copyright on every document that reaches Draft (!!) International
Standard Status (i.e., you (mostly) can't get it for free, no public domain,
etc.).

A more pragmatic way to get ISO documents is to contact the office of your
national member body (USA: ANSI, France: AFNOR, UK: BSI, Germany: DIN, etc.).

The biggest problems are here, 

	- that you should know, in which ISO committees the work is undertaken
	you are interested in;

	- that you should know the counterpart of the relevant committy in your
	national member body;

	- that you should know the secretary of this group whitin your national
	menber body (at least his/her phone number... :-) );



Th. Oeser


P.S.: I know, that ISO is starting to archive its documents using SGML style.
      There is also some archive/information system in consideration...


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