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+Network Working Group M. Sherman
+Request for Comments: 1197 CMU
+ December 1990
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+ Using ODA for Translating Multimedia Information
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+1. Status of this Memo
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+ The purpose of this RFC is to inform implementors of multimedia
+ systems about our experiences using ISO 8613: Office Document
+ Architecture (ODA). Because ODA is being proposed as an encoding
+ format for use in multimedia mail and file exchange, implementors
+ wishing to use ODA in an open systems environment may profit from our
+ experiences. This memo provides information for the Internet
+ community. It does not specify any standard. Distribution of this
+ memo is unlimited.
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+2. Overview
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+ ODA is a recently approved ISO (8613) and CCITT (T.410) standard for
+ representing documents containing multifont text, raster images and
+ geometric graphics. This encoding has been specified for use in a
+ number of related standards, such as X.400.
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+ However, ODA is a very abstract standard, defining entities such as
+ "composite logical object classes" and not common entities, such as
+ "paragraphs". Therefore, effective use of ODA as an interchange
+ medium requires the definition of a document application profile
+ (dap) that defines some common entities and a map between ODA
+ entities defined in the dap and entities used in the interchanged
+ systems.
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+3. EXPRES Experiences
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+ The National Science Foundation funded the EXPRES project, which
+ consisted of groups at Carnegie Mellon University (Information
+ Technology Center) and the University of Michigan (Center for
+ Information Technology Integration). These two groups collaborated
+ with groups at McDonnell-Douglas Aerospace Information Systems, NIST,
+ and Interleaf. Together, the five groups investigated the use of ODA
+ as an interchange medium for submitting research proposals by
+ electronic mail to the National Science Foundation.
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+ Part of the investigations yielded strategies for using ODA. We based
+ our strategies on the NIST dap and the features provided by the
+ Andrew, Diamond, and Interleaf systems. Our experiences been
+ documented and published in a book [1]. The discussion may be
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+RFC 1197 Using ODA December 1990
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+ valuable for others who wish to use ODA as an interchange medium.
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+4. Disclaimer
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+ The information provided in [1] is the opinion only of the authors
+ and does not represent the opinions or policies of Carnegie Mellon
+ University, the University of Michigan, McDonnell-Douglas Aerospace
+ Information Systems, NIST, Interleaf, or the National Science
+ Foundation.
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+5. References
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+ [1] Jonathan Rosenberg, Mark Sherman, Ann Marks & Jaap Akkerhuis,
+ "Multi-media Document Translation: ODA and the EXPRES Project",
+ Springer-Verlag (New York), 1991, ISBN 0-387-97397-4,
+ 3-540-97397-4.
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+Security Considerations
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+ Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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+Author's Address
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+ Mark Sherman
+ Information Technology Center
+ Carnegie Mellon University
+ 4910 Forbes Avenue
+ Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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+ Phone: (412) 268-6727
+ Fax: (412) 268-6787
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+ EMail: mss+@andrew.cmu.edu
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