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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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+Sherman                                                         [Page 1]
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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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+Sherman                                                         [Page 2]
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