Open Systems and Standards for Software Product Development; Contents; Preface xv; Acknowledgments xvii; 1 Introduction 1; 2 Foundational Concepts 9; 3 Application Standards 25; 4 Communications Standards 37; 5 Data Interchange Standards 73; 6 Data Management Standards 85; 7 Distributed Computing Standards 103; 8 Graphics Standards 117; 9 Operating System Standards 125; 10 Security Standards 131; 11 Software Engineering Standards 157; 12 System Management Standards 185; 13 User Interface Standards 197; 14 World Wide Web Standards 201; 15 Open Standards Organizations and Vendor Consortia 223
16 Trends 25317 Conclusion 263; List of Acronyms 265; About the Author 273; Computing Library
Summary
Numerous books have been published that describe individual computer standards, but Open Systems and Standards for Software Product Development is the first book that provides you with a framework for understanding groups of standards and how they relate. You get comprehensive coverage of standards terminology, the history of standards, the services standards support, and the organizations that define standards. Publisher abstract
