Re: file interoperability

Richard Frost (frost@sdsc.edu)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:15:50 -0700 (PDT)

At the I/O chapter subcommittee meetings in Chicago this month,
various modes of interoperability were discussed. The context
of the discussion was identification of interoperability modes
(a "wish list"). A few individuals took assignments to investigate
how each mode might be acheived.

Certainly, the scope of the subcommittee's discussions went beyond the
concerns expressed in the latest messages from Anurag, Terry, and Rajeev.

I suggest that initial discussions on this subject be limited to
a request for functionalities; i.e., without reference to a specific
calling interface. This will aid those compiling "wish lists".

Also, a posting of the functionalities considered by the subcommittee
would probably be of great use at this point.

- Richard