Re: Get official!

Hallvard B Furuseth (h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no)
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:19:01 +0100 (MET)


> - As soon as you try to create a formal standard, you will get even more
> creative ideas what has to be changed first before the standard can be
> adopted (that's why standards bodies take so long).

That's true. We need to get it out ASAP, and make it more fancy later.

> Even if the RES becomes a formal standard, there is no enforcement of
> any kind, and robot writers would still have an option of ignoring it

Yes, that's why it's so important to publish it widely.

> Spreading the word is a good idea, perhaps announcing a FYI RFC might
> also contribute to making robots writers aware of the standard, but IMHO
> calling for a standards organization to adopt RES wouldn't help much.

Good enough, just as long as we get various standards and RFCs to refer
to this FYI.

Regards,

Hallvard