[LINK] 171 Australian ICT Standards to be Withdrawn

Glen Turner glen.turner at aarnet.edu.au
Mon Aug 28 18:29:22 AEST 2006


Tom Worthington wrote:
> Some may still have some use, such as the EDI ones: "Message-oriented 
> text interchange systems Electronic data interchange messaging service" 
> (AS 4033.8-1998).

Or 8-bit ASCII and RS-232 and SGML.

What's the actual effect of a withdrawal?
Is this part of an international programme?

What happens to the availability of the old
standards -- can they still be ordered?  Are
they going to be scanned and made available
for free?



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