C-ISAM as formal standard? If so, by whom?

[Moderator, John S. Quarterman]

From: Dominic Dunlop <uunet!sphinx.co.uk!domo>

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Does anybody out there know if the venerable C-ISAM interface has been
adopted, or is about to be adopted, by any public standards body (ANSI,
ISO, IEEE, UL... you name it), or is specified as a requirement by any
purchasing agency (NIST, CCTA, NASA...).  (Yes, I know that purchasing
agency is a loose term: I mean the kind of outfit which draws up specs
which some large purchaser then makes binding on their suppliers.)  As far
as I'm aware, the current state of play is that C-ISAM has beached in the
X/Open Portability Guide, but no public body has tried to pick it up from
there.  Oh yes.  Might C-ISAM pop up in SVID 4?  I seem to recall Informix
(or RDS, as they were then) claiming to have sold technology to AT&T for a
juicy sum a few years back, but have seen no obvious fruits.  Clues or
pointers, anyone?

If your reply is as speculative as this enquiry, you might drop me mail.
If, on the other hand, it's good solid dope, by all means post it straight
away.  I'll summarise to the net in any event.
-- 
Dominic Dunlop
The Standard Answer Ltd., using Sphinx' facilities (for which much thanks)
domo at sphinx.co.uk

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