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- Submitted-by: stephe@usenix.org (Stephen R. Walli)
-
- Steve Trus <trus@duke.ncsl.nist.gov> reports on the April 8-12, 1992
- meeting in Dallas, TX:
-
- Summary
-
- P1224 is the Object Management API, based on X/Open's Object
- Management specification (XOM). It is used by POSIX.17 (Directory
- Services API) and the P1224.1 document. P1224.1 is the X.400 API.
-
- P1224 spent a productive meeting in Dallas, and we are very near the
- completion of the standardization of the P1224 and P1224.1 documents.
-
- At the Dallas meeting we:
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- 1. discussed our goals for the International Standardization of the
- IEEE Networking APIs,
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- 2. planned future work for the P1224 group,
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- 3. presented the status of the IEEE balloting of P1224,
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- 4. presented the status of the IEEE balloting of P1224.1,
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- 5. planned the recirculation of the P1224 document, and
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- 6. resolved ballot objections and reviewed ballot comments for the
- P1224 document.
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- International Standardization of the networking APIs
-
- We discussed options for the International Standardization of the
- networking APIs. The goals of the P1224 group are to have our work
- standardized with minimal changes in JTC1, and to have the X.400 and
- the POSIX.17 Directory Services APIs standardized in the same JTC1
- Subcommittee.
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- P1224 Working Group Future Plans
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- Plans for standardizing future X.400 related APIs were discussed. The
- X.400 API Association and X/Open will have stable base documents for a
- P7 and an EDI API by the end of 1992. Tentatively, we would like to
- begin converting these documents into IEEE standards at the January
- 1993 meeting.
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- P1224 Status
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- Balloting of the P1224 document began January 1, 1992, and ended
- January 31. The ballot group consists of 73 members. The P1224 ballot
- closed with 87% of the ballots returned, and 75% of the eligible
- voters approved the document. The test methods for P1224 will be
- included in the first recirculation of the document. (Balloting
- cannot complete until the test methods are balloted.)
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- The group spent two days resolving ballot objections and reviewing
- ballot comments for the P1224 document. The technical editor will
- incorporate the changes and the test methods into the document.
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- We agreed to limit the recirculation objections and comments to
- changes to draft 4 of the P1224 document and test methods.
- Recirculation begins May 17, 1992 and it will end June 19.
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- P1224.1 Status
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- The P1224.1 balloting period will begin May 6, 1992 and will end June
- 5. There are 49 people in this balloting group. The test methods will
- be included in the initial ballot of the P1224.1 document.
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- Iain Devine, the P1224 technical editor will be the ballot resolution
- reviewer, assisted in technical matters by members of the X.400 API
- Association and X/Open.
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- In Closing ...
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- The progress of the P1224 working group is very good. We hope to have
- the P1224 and P1224.1 standards complete by the end of 1992. The
- primary function of the July and October meetings will be P1224 and
- P1224.1 ballot resolution.
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- Volume-Number: Volume 28, Number 38
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