[Iotsi] Noise in Specifications hurts

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Tue, 23 February 2016 04:12 UTC

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Attached please find a short contribution (essentially a single page
plus an appendix) that discusses noise in interoperability
specifications.  Not an earth-shattering result, but maybe worth a look.

Grüße, Carsten