[SCL] Re: Abstract Syntax, ISO 8824/8825

[Mike Dean]

>I just did a search on "abstract syntax" and found out that there is
>an ISO standard dealing with asbtract syntax. The standard is ISO 
>8824/8825, and
>it deals with ASN.1, with "ASN" short for "Abstract Syntax Notation".

ASN.1 is used for defining the bit-level encoding of
messages for network protocols, e.g. ISO X.400 email and
X.500 directories, pretty much the opposite end of the
syntactic spectrum from our usage.

	Mike