Harald,
BER is a part of ASN.1.
DER is a part of ASN.1. It is an afterthought - in the meaning of
"being thought of afterwards" - to BER. Check your dates!
PER *will be* a part of ASN.1 once ISO ratifies it (it is still DIS,
according to http://www.iso.ch/cate/d16296.html)
I will forward your comments to the ASN.1 editor (Bancroft Scott).
I am pretty sure that I am right, but he will know for sure.
Regional workshops are a lousy idea because the partition into problem
areas (which *might* be a good idea) does not follow regional boundaries
at all, and the number of ASN.1 experts in the world who can stomach
profiling work is smaller than the number of profiling comittees.
I agree. The contemporary equivalent of regional workshops, mailing
lists such as this one, are far more effective in reaching across
regional boundaries, and as a result we can easily call upon experts
as needed.
It is impossible to do *anything* with an abstract value;
I meant to type "abstract object", not "abstract value". (Not to say
that use of the term "abstract value" is incorrect, but I don't wish
to go down that path).
I think Jeff's comment was about specs in the style of the IP documents
(which have a *long* history of computing checksums over stuff).
Maybe Jeff can clarify what he meant to say.
/pivnic
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