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SolutionsInsist upon products that conform to Open Standards Obviating the need for custom software, use of open standards overcomes all of the issues that arise with custom software interpreters and therefore lowers the barriers to integration: time, cost and risk. Alternatively write custom software that does the translation It is expensive to write custom software for every join between applications; it requires time to develop, test and implement custom software for each join; operational risk is introduced when running applications with custom software; security risk is introduced. |
You are here: Interoperability > Role of The Open Group > Open StandardsThe Underlying Need for Open StandardsOpen Standards are characterized by the fact that the specifications upon which they are based are owned by a vendor-neutral organization rather than by the original developers. Anyone is free to build software according to the specifications without infringement of intellectual property rights, though typically there are several freely available implementations (commercial or Open Source). Their real virtue is that they have been adopted by the industry and are future proof. Open Standards enable different information technology systems to communicate effectively, when required, even though most of their time is consumed processing data in their own specific manner. Obviating the need for custom software, use of open standards overcomes all of the issues that arise with custom software interpreters and therefore lowers the barriers to integration: time, cost and risk. Open Standards are not just for UNIX® systems? While this may be true of the past, today open standards are equally applicable regardless of the technology In recent times Open Standards have been made available alongside Open Source versions of software. |
The Open Group Standards Information Base (SIB)The Standards Information Base (SIB) forms part of The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF) document. It is also searchable as a database of standards adopted by The Open Group. The SIB is an invaluable tool for locating Open Standards. Open Standards from The Open GroupThe Open Group has published a large number of Open Standards (Technical and Product Standards or Specifications) resulting from its unique consensus review process. Catalog. |