OSS Nokalva Announces Extended XML Encoding Support

Somerset, N.J., November 3, 2003 – OSS Nokalva, Inc., a leading developer of standards based software toolkits for building data communications applications, announced today the upcoming availability of the OSS ASN.1 Tools for C, C++, and Java with Extended XML Encoding (Extended-XER) support. The provision of Extended-XER is an amendment to the ITU-T Rec. X.693 (2002) ASN.1 Encoding Rules: Specification of XML Encoding Rules (XER).

“OSS continues its commitment to XML support in our ASN.1 Tools, offering XML character based encoding alongside binary encoding,” commented Bancroft Scott, President of OSS Nokalva. “ASN.1 provides a clear separation of the information content of messages or documents from the encoding or representation of those documents. This separation is ASN.1’s major strength as a schema notation. Extended-XER encoding makes ASN.1 an XML schema notation as powerful as XSD, with the simplicity of ASN.1.”

Ana Greenspan, OSS’ Director of Sales, stated, “The use of ASN.1 as a schema notation automatically provides both an XML representation of data and an efficient binary representation of the same information. We believe that ASN.1 application developers will greatly benefit from this flexibility.”

The OSS ASN.1 Tools for C, C++, and Java with Extended-XER support will be available 4Q2003. These products include complete documentation, online help, and 24x7 real time support. 30-day evaluations will be available. For more information, including purchasing and pricing details, please visit www.oss.com, or contact our sales department at +1-888-OSS-ASN1 (Toll free USA and Canada), +1-732-302-0750 (International), or email info@oss.com.

About OSS ASN.1 Tools

The OSS ASN.1 Tools enable you to more accurately and efficiently develop ASN.1 applications. The Tools fully support the ASN.1 syntax as described by the ASN.1:1990, ASN.1:1997 and ASN.1:2002 standards, and the following encoding rules: Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Packed Encoding Rules (PER) – aligned and unaligned, Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER), XML Encoding Rules (XER), Canonical XML Encoding Rules (CXER), and Extended XML Encoding Rules (Extended-XER).

About OSS Nokalva

OSS Nokalva, Inc., a privately held company in Somerset, New Jersey, USA develops standards based ASN.1, XML, and Biometrics software toolkits, and provides consulting services to support software developers. OSS Nokalva has been instrumental
in shaping and developing both standards and technologies. For more information, visit www.oss.com, contact our sales department at +1-888-OSS-ASN1 (Toll free USA and Canada), +1-732-302-0750 (International), or email info@oss.com.

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