Abstract: Group Communication was adopted as a new work item for Messaging standardization (within ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG4 Messaging) in 1989. This paper provides an overview of the current working documents in order to promote discussion of this work. The requirements for OSI based Group Communication are presented and the overall scope of standardization is discussed. The paper then describes emerging dtandards for a generic OSI Group Communication Service as well as a specific Asynchronous Computer Conferencing application which uses this service. Key concepts for distributed operation are also intriduced. It should be stressed that much of this work is at a formative stage. However, the authors believe that it is important to publicise the standard as it develops and so provide the maximum apportunity for early feedback and input to the work.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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