From herzner@zdfzs.arcs.ac.at Fri Nov 29 11:59:38 1996 Received: from ZDVAXF.arcs.ac.at (ZDVAXF.arcs.ac.at [192.160.231.2]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA17219 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:59:31 +0100 Received: by zdfzs.arcs.ac.at (MX V4.1 VAX) id 6; Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:58:26 EST Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:58:25 EST From: "Wolfgang Herzner OeFZS/Dep.IT +43 2254 780 3121" To: SC24@dkuug.dk CC: herzner@zdfzs.arcs.ac.at Message-ID: <009AC175.17089BEB.6@zdfzs.arcs.ac.at> Subject: Re: JTC1 Re-engineering documents Steve asked in SC24.233 in comments on JTC1's plans (SC24.234, SC24.236). As far as I received, the Austrian position seems not to be very strong with respect to SC24. Generally, we agree with Steve's proposal 1, seeing it mainly under the 'Functional areas' mentioned in SC24.234. What we could add are well known facts (i.e. standards of other communities like IETF or ITU are usually more accepted than ISO's, that coding and protocol standards like HTML or MPEG, or http are more considered than operational standards like PHIGS or IPI) which lead to the decreasing importance of SC24. As a consequence, any new constellation or architecture which allows SC24 to represent its core interests should be acceptable. Best regards Wolfgang Herzner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang R. Herzner Dep. Information Technology (IT) Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf A-2444 Seibersdorf tel: +43 2254 780 3121 (secr.: 3118) fax: +43 2254 72133 e-mail: herzner@arcs.ac.at http://www.arcs.ac.at/ or PSI%0232-26197118::HERZNER or PSI%0232-26197119::HERZNER X.400: C=CAT; A=ADA; P=ARCS; S=HERZNER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------