KLENSIN@INFOODS.MIT.EDU (John C Klensin) (05/16/91)
Information Technology Announcements from ANSI Standards Action
Vol 22, No. 9 May 3, 1991
Ordering information for particular documents and general information
appears at the end of this digest.
Call for Comments (public review), Comment Deadline July 2, 1991
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DATA COMMUNICATIONS
BSR X3.208, Transfer Syntax Description Notation (new standard)
Defines a notation for describing the structures of data volumes,
files, records, and fields to facilitate the moving of data files
between computer systems. Provides a generalized syntax for
describing the data records, but does not restrict or define their
contents.
Single copy price: Domestic: $25.O0; international: $32.50
Order from: Global Engineering Documents, Inc.
2806 MCGaW Avenue, Irvine, CA 92714
Send comments (with copy to BSR) to:
Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA)
Attn: Lynn Barra
311 First Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 2OOO1-2178
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- POSIX
BSR/IEEE 1003.3, Information Technology -- Test Methods for
Measuring Conformance to POSIX (new standard)
Applies to the development and use of conformance testing
methodologies for POSIX standards. The generic test methods identified
in this standard shall be used in conjunction with test methods
identified for a specific standard.
Single copy price: $30.84
Order from: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Attn: Michelle Phillips
446 Hoes Lane, PO Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331
Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Linda A. Dame, IEEE
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OPTICAL SCANNING
BSR/AIIM MS52, Recommended Practice for the Requirements and
Characteristics of Original Documents Intended for Optical Scanning
(new standard)
Describes the physical characteristics of paper documents that
facilitate black-and-white optical scanning. Provides general
recommendations for the design of documents in order to make them
easier to scan.
Single copy price: Free
Order from: Association for lnformation and Image Management
Attn: Marilyn Courtot
1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 11O0
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same
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SOFTWARE
BSR Z39.67, Computer Software Description (new standard)
Provides guidelines for describing computer software in
advertising, on the physical packaging, on the physical carrier and
external Iabels, on the title screens, on accompanying material, and in
bibliographic references. The standard is not intended for library
descriptive cataloging of computer software. It was listed for public
comment in the September 22, 1989, Standards Action, and is being
resubmitted for public review owing to substantive changes in the text.
Single copy price: $30.OO
Order from: National Information Standards Organization
Attn: Patricia Harris
PO Box 1O56
Bethesda, MD 20827
Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same
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TAPES, MAGNETIC
BSR X3.190, Conformance Testing for SGML (new standard)
[**Editor's note: this is clearly wrong, but is what appears in the
[** original. I have no further information.]
Establishes the unrecorded requirements for a helical-scan computer
tape cartridge to be used for information interchange between
information processing systems.
Single copy price: Domestic: $25.O8_ inte__gtiongl: $32.68
Order from: Global Engineering Documents, Inc.
2806 MCGaW Avenue, lrvine, CA 92714
Send comments (with copy to BSR) to:
CBEMA, Attn: Lynn Barra
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BSR T1.410, Carrier-to-Customer Metallic Interface -- Digital Data at
64 kbits/s and Subrates (new standard)
Provides requirements for Carrier-to-Customer installation (CI)
synchronous digitial data at 64 kbit/s and a Subrates Metallic
Interface, referred to as the Network interface (NI). Requirements
include electrical characteristics, format parameters, and physical
characteristics.
Single copy price: Free
(See order and comment instructions at end of category.)
BSR T1.601, ISDN Basic Access Interface for Use on Metallic Loops for
Application on the Network Side of the NT (Layer 1 Specification)
(revision of ANSI T1.601-1988)
Prescribes minimal requirements to provide for satisfactory
transmission between the network and the NT, while conforming, wherever
possible, with the I-Series of CCITT Recommendations without
compromising the principles of evolution expressed therein. Presents
the electrical characteristics of the ISDN Basic Access signals
appearing at the network side of the NT.
Single copy price: $10.OO
Order from: Exchange Carriers Standards Association
Attn: Susan Espenschade
6430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 2OO
Bethesda, MD 20814
Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Alvin Lai, ECSA
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ISO/IEC JTC1 Information Technology
IS0/IEC 9674: 1989/DAM 1, lnformation technology --
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems --
Provision of the OSI connection-mode network service by packet mode
terminal equipment connected to an integrated services digital network
(ISDN) -- Amendment 1 : Operation over an ISDN circuit-switched channel
connecting directly to the remote terminal -- August 4, 1991, $14.00
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INFORMATION CONCERNING: X3 -- INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
X3 Announces the Public Review and Comment Period of the submission
of a New Work Item Proposal on the Revision of Identification Cards --
Integrated Circuit Cards with Contacts: Electronic signals and
transmission protocols.
Please send all comments to: X3 Secretariat, Attn: Barbara Bennett,
311 First Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-2178. Comments
should be submitted by July 2, 1991, with a copy to: Beth Somerville at
ANSI headquarters.
For a copy of the proposal, contact Ms. Bennett at the above
address or call (202) 626-6743.
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