ASN.1 Books

The following two books offer the most up-to-date information on ASN.1 and are devoted solely to this topic. They are highly recommended.

XML Schema Books

The following book is a good general purpose guide to XML Schema:

Standards

The formal standards documents on ASN.1 and its encoding rules are published by the International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications Sector (ITU-T) and International Standards Organization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The following are links to the current relevant documents:

• Recommendation X.680 - Information technology -
  Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation
  
  
• Recommendation X.681 - Information technology -
  Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Information object specification
  
  
• Recommendation X.682 - Information technology -
  Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Constraint specification
  
  
• Recommendation X.683 - Information technology -
  Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Parameterization of ASN.1 specifications
  
  
• Recommendation X.690 - Information technology -
  ASN.1 encoding rules; Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)
  
  
• Recommendation X.691 - Information technology -
  ASN.1 encoding rules - Specification of Packed Encoding Rules (PER)
  
  
• Recommendation X.692 - Information technology -
  ASN.1 encoding rules - Specification of Encoding Control Notation (ECN)
  
  
• Recommendation X.693 - Information technology -
  ASN.1 encoding rules - XML Encoding Rules (XER)
  
  
• Recommendation X.694 - Information technology -
  ASN.1 encoding rules - Mapping W3C XML Schema Definitions into ASN.1
  
  
• Recommendation X.695 - Information technology -
  ASN.1 encoding rules - Registration and application of PER encoding instructions

W3C Standards

The following links are to the W3C standards supported in XBinder:

• XML Schema Part 0: Primer Second Edition
• XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition
• XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition


• Canonical XML (C14N)
• Document Object Model (DOM)
• Efficient XML Interchange (EXI)
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• SOAP Version 1.2 / WSDL Version 1.1

Industry Links

The following are some useful links where further information can be found on ASN.1:

• ITU-T ASN.1 Project: Links to the ITU-T ASN.1 Module Database and other up-to-date information on standard activities and other information related to ASN.1.
  
  
• Packetizer: Packet-switched conversational protocol information site. ASN.1 specs for the latest H.323 specifications can be downloaded from this site.
  
  
• Introduction to ASN.1 and the Packed Encoding Rules: Quick overview of ASN.1, BER, and PER. ASN.1
  
  
• Tutorial: A tutorial covering the basic concepts of ASN.1
  
  
• Wikipedia Definition of ASN.1

The following links provide further information on XML Data Binding:

• XML Data Binding Resources
  
  
• W3C XML Schema Patterns for Databinding Working Group
  
  
• Wikipedia Definition of XML Data Binding