Dorian:
There is no way to avoid renumbering. Every other plausible proposal I've seen have been renumbering under a different guise.
Yes, correct. But the open issue is where in the hier' is the Best Place to renumber: (1) End users; or (2) Intermediate systems (i.e. translation or encapsulation). There is quite a big differnet technosophically in the approach between (1) and (2). High Regards, Tim postscript: also, as engineers, we should not encourage an approach, IMO, that further puts small businesses at a disadvantage ... namely (1). -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tim Bass | | | Principal Network Systems Engineer | "... images are the literature | | The Silk Road Group, Ltd. | of the layman." | | | | | http://www.silkroad.com/ | Umberto Eco | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+