Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-083
Reply to:	Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us 

X3 Announces the Public Review Comment Period for
ISO/IEC 9579-2:1993/DAM 1, Information technology - Open Systems 
Interconnection - Remote Database Access - Part 2:  SQL specialization 
AMENDMENT 1 

Washington D.C., November 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
ISO/IEC 9579-2:1993/DAM 1.  The public review extends from November 
22, 1996 to January 21, 1997.

This International Standard specifies:
 
the functionality of a database server within a distributed open 
systems environment

 the communication service and protocol for accessing its capabilities. 


The communication capabilities are positioned in the Application Layer of 
the Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI).

This part of ISO/IEC 9579 complements ISO/IEC 9579-1 (RDA Generic) in 
order that the two parts together define:
 
the capabilities of an RDA SQL database server supporting dialogues 
with clients. 

 a model of a dialogue between the RDA SQL database server and 
remote users. 

 a model of a dialogue between an RDA client and an RDA 
server

 an abstract service for the RDA SQL ASE. 

the RDA SQL ASE protocol to support the RDA SQL Service. 

 the characteristics of application-contexts which include the RDA SQL 
ASE. 

 application contexts that support remote database access using SQL: 


1) RDA Basic application-context

2) RDA TP application-context


This part of ISO/IEC 9579 does not specify individual implementations or 
products, nor does it constrain the implementation of entities and 
interfaces within a computer system.

It does not define a programmatic interface; instead, database language
statements are carried by the R-Execute DBL Service.  Amendment 1 
extends the RDA/SQL Specialization to cover all SQL database capabilities 
defined in ISO/IEC 9075 (Database Language SQL), whereas the existing 
standard only covers Entry SQL facilities.


Note:  This draft international standard is being 
processed simultaneously as an American National Standard and an 
International Standard.  

Inquiries regarding this standard should be sent to the Chairman of X3H2, 
Dr. Donald Deutsch, Sybase, Inc., Suite 800, 6550 Rock Spring Drive, 
Bethesda, MD  20817, (Email:  deutsch@sybase.com).  

The next meeting of the X3H2 - Database - technical committee is 
December 9-11, 1996, Jackson, Mississippi. All organizations and 
individuals who are directly or materially affected are invited to 
participate.

Public Review Comment Instructions:

The public review period closes on January 21, 1997.  However, in order 
for comments to affect the position of the U.S. TAG, they must be received 
prior to December 23, 1996.  All commentors are urged to submit 
comments as early in the public review period as possible.  Public review 
comments received after December 23, 1996 will be addressed and 
considered for future balloting and/or revision.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Barbara Bennett, 1250 
Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email: 
bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 
42nd Street, New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us   FAX:  (202)638-4922.

The document can be purchased for $72.00 from the American National 
Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036.
Telephone: 212-642-4900


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