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> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 01:33
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> Subject: [ASN.1] When Sequence
> 
> 
> Hi All,
>     I am very new to this mailing list and also to ASN.1 
> syntax. I just come across "when SEQUENCE"  syntax in one of 
> the message type of RASV4. Following is a syntax of that message -
> 
> CapacityReportingSpecification ::= SEQUENCE
> {
>       when SEQUENCE
>       {
>               callStart       NULL OPTIONAL,
>               callEnd         NULL OPTIONAL,
>               ...
>       },
>       ...
> }
> 
> 
>  I was just wondering  about what is the significance of  
> "when" as a prefix to SEQUENCE ? Can anybody tell me about this. 


"when" is an identifier.  The inner SEQUENCE is a component of the outer
SEQUENCE and the identifier of the component is the name "when".  There is
no special significance in the choice of the name "when" - it could have
been, say, "callTime" just as well.

Alessandro Triglia
OSS Nokalva


> 
> Thanks in advance
> Upma
> 
> 
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