Abstract

ISO/IEC 8825-1:2002 defines a set of Basic Encoding Rules (BER) that may be applied to values of types defined using the ASN.1 notation. Application of these encoding rules produces a transfer syntax for such values. It is implicit in the specification of these encoding rules that they are also used for decoding. ISO/IEC 8825-1:2002 defines also a set of Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) and a set of Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) both of which provide constraints on the Basic Encoding Rules (BER). The key difference between them is that DER uses the definite length form of encoding while CER uses the indefinite length form. DER is more suitable for the small encoded values, while CER is more suitable for the large ones. It is implicit in the specification of these encoding rules that they are also used for decoding.


General information 

  • Status
     : Withdrawn
    Publication date
     : 2002-12
  • Edition
     : 3
    Number of pages
     : 26
  • Technical Committee
     : ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
  • ICS
     :
    35.100.60 Presentation layer

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