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        RFC 1903:

        Title:      Textual Conventions
                    for Version 2 of the
                    Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
        Author:     SNMPv2 Working Group, J. Case, K. McCloghrie,
                    M. Rose & S. Waldbusser
        Date:       January 1996
        Mailbox:    case@snmp.com, kzm@cisco.com,
                    mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us, stevew@uni.ins.com
        Pages:      23
        Characters: 52,652
        Obsoletes:  1443

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1903.txt


When designing a MIB module, it is often useful to define new types
similar to those defined in the SMI.  In comparison to a type defined
in the SMI, each of these new types has a different name, a similar
syntax, but a more precise semantics.  These newly defined types are
termed textual conventions, and are used for the convenience of humans
reading the MIB module.  It is the purpose of this document to define
the initial set of textual conventions available to all MIB modules.
This RFC is the product of the SNMP Version 2 Working Group of the
IETF.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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