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In article <ENAG.90Sep28195153@hild.ifi.uio.no>, enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) writes:
> In article <1990Sep28.134332.24815@terminator.cc.umich.edu> jwh@boston.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
> 
>    Do you know if you can get a machine readable version of the
>    standard from ISO?
> 
> Yes, and the answer is unfortunately NO.  I learned that they do not
> even have machine-readable versions in-house, and that drafts are most
> often type-set anew for each version.  The same goes for CCITT, which
> is another paper-based standardizing body in the field of electronic
> information.  Amazing.
> 

CCITT, or rather the ITU, of which CCITT and CCIR are part, is no longer "paper
based."  All draft recommendations are produced electronically, using Microsoft
Word for Windows, and are published in-house.  Editors and contributors are
requested to submit their work in machine-readable form, and they have 
translaters for more than 20 proprietary formats.  By the end of this year
submissions can also be made in ODA conforming to the level 26 DAP (CCITT
Rec. T.505).

These documents will also be accessible electronically by Study Group members
through an interactive service called TIES.  TIES can be accessed through
modem dialup and packet networks via the Swiss PTT.  Submission can also
be via X.400 links.  The documents will be in Word format, and also ODA by
the end of the year.

CCITT is pursuing the possibility of electronic distribution, and has actually
made a Telecom directory available electronically to purchasers of the paper
version.  The electronic version is updated 4 times per year, the paper copy
yearly.  The main difficulty with electronic distribution is not technology
but obtaining payment for the information.

Herman Silbiger
hsilbiger@attmail.com