Re: WG Last Call draft-ietf-sming-reqs-04.txt

[Olivier Dubuisson <Olivier.Dubuisson@francetelecom.com>]

Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> 
> >>>>> Ayers, Mike writes:
> 
> Mike> We cannot specify our way out of bad implementations - "what"
> Mike> and "how" are different questions.  This requirement is also
> Mike> meaningless (of COURSE it must be machine readable, or else
> Mike> parsers can't exist) and should be lost.
> 
> If the "what" is not precisely defined, then it is much harder for
> implementors to get the "how" right. RFCs 2578-2580 do not precisely
> define the syntax of SMIv2. It relies on a ASN.1 document which is
> (a) is not easy to obtain - even for money 

Plain wrong. Three ITU-T Recommendations can be downloaded per email address
for free. See http://www.itu.int/publications/bookshop/how-to-buy.html#free

If some people involved in SMIng are interested to have a draft copy of the
new 2002 edition of the ASN.1 standards, they can email me.

> and (b) which is itself
> hard to read and understand.

FYI there are (up-to-date) books that you can freely download from 
http://www.oss.com/asn1/booksintro.html

Also we are working on the a new edition of the ASN.1 standards: if there
are areas that are not clear to you, please point to them and we'll
improve the text.
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