Re: musings
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Fred, The dilemma that you describe is exactly the reason why one has to be somewhat philosophical about standardizing comprehensive AS's like HR and rreq. It is important to have a requirements spec as a shining city on the hill, an Ideal towards which all strive, even if the pragmatics of the real-world prevent absolute full compliance. I think in retrospect that the HR RFCs did a great deal of good, even though few if any vendors ever followed ALL its requirements strictly. I also think that real-world forces make it important for such a document to be a full standard; otherwise, it is too easy for non-technical people to dismiss it. So, my personal recommendation would be to back off from your (laudable) desire for demonstrated interoperability for rreq, and GET ON WITH IT. Bob
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