<<< EISNER::DUA3:[NOTES$LIBRARY]INTERNETWORKING.NOTE;1 >>> -< internetworking >- ================================================================================ Note 111.0 CCITT 'recomendations' available electronicly - free 2 replies EISNER::BRUCE "Barton F. Bruce - CCA/MA" 123 lines 22-DEC-1992 12:14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CCITT 'recomendations' (all those X.nnn and V.nnn etc) that one once had to pay serious money for are now officially accessible FREE. For some time some have been available for FTP at a few sites including DEC's gatekeeper, but here is an official posting. Following this will be a text version of the user's guide that you get when you email for it to Robert Shaw, and after that a .ps version. NB that the .ps version may use fonts you won't have on your printer unless you have added more than the basic set of them. (Should these have been posted here or in TELECOM or where? Too late now, but for future postings...) Here is the news posting: X-News: comp.dcom.telecom From: Tom Coradeschi Subject:CCITT Docs Available via Email Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 17:00:39 EST Message-ID: Forwarded from Info-Nets. tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil -----------Original message--------- ITU PRESS RELEASE/92-23 6 November 1992 WIDE RANGE OF ITU* DOCUMENTS NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE: ITU STANDARDS TO BECOME ELECTRONICALLY ACCESSIBLE IN EARLY 93 An electronic document distribution service providing remote access to ITU documents - TELEDOC - became operational last week. Aimed at providing fast and timely access to ITU information to the world telecommunication and networking community, TELEDOC is a database containing at present: * CCITT and CCIR administrative documents * lists of contributions (substantive input/proposals) to CCITT and CCIR study groups * lists of CCITT reports and Recommendations (i.e. standards) * summaries of CCITT new or revised Recommendations * CCITT and CCIR meeting schedules and other information concerning Study Groups structures and activities. As from early next year, the full texts of all new and revised CCITT Recommendations (i.e. all standards approved after the publication of the Blue Book in 1988) will also be available from TELEDOC. In line with ITU publications policies, it is envisaged to expand TELEDOC information base according to identified needs and available resources. On TELEDOC's first day of operation, ITU Secretary-General Pekka Tarjanne stated: "The impact of the changing telecommunications environment makes it imperative that the ITU develop new approaches to the standardization process and find new ways to improve the efficiency of our work, new ways to disseminate the output of our work throughout the world. The implementation of TELEDOC", he said, "is undoubtedly a right step in this direction. Our ultimate goal is to make available on-line an entire library of ITU documents for a broad and transparent information exchange with all categories of interested users". TELEDOC is based on a X.400 document server which processes requests sent in by electronic mail. The TELEDOC Auto-Answering Mailbox accepts messages from the two most widely used E-mail systems: X.400 and Internet. Users without direct access to X.400 or Internet mail can use gateway services provided by major service providers (e.g. MCI or Compuserve). The electronic mail address of TELEDOC Auto-Answering Mailbox (TAM) is: X. 400 S=teledoc P=itu A=arcom C=ch Internet teledoc@itu.arcom.ch Document formats which are planned to be made available include ASCII, Microsoft RTF, Word for Windows, Postcript and CCITT ODA/ODIF. TELEDOC will be available on request, on a trial period of one year, at no access cost. For more information or to obtain a copy of the user's guide, please contact: Mr. Robert Shaw Miss Antoinette Bautista TELEDOC Project Coordinator EDH - CCITT Information Services Department CCITT Secretariat International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union Place des Nations Place des Nations 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland TEL: +41 22 730 5338/5554 TEL: +41 22 730 5857 FAX: +41 22 730 5337 FAX: +41 22 730 5853 X.400: G=robert; S=shaw; X.400: G=antoinette; S=bautista; A=arcom; P=itu; C=ch A=arcom; P=itu; C=ch Internet: shaw@itu.arcom.ch Internet: bautista@itu.arcom.ch _______________________________ * The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was founded in 1865 and as such is the oldest inter-governmental organization. In 1947, it became a specialized agency of the United Nations and has a membership of 174 countries (4 November 1992). It is the international organization responsible for the regulation and planning of telecommunications worldwide, for the establishment of equipment and systems operating standards, for the coordination and dissemination of information required for the planning and operation of telecommunications services and within the United Nations system for the promotion of and contribution to the development of telecommunications and the related infrastructures. ----- End Included Message -----