The FACE Consortium has two open software standards, the FACE Technical Standard with multiple editions and The Open Group Open Universal Domain Description Language (Open UDDL or UDDL) Standard.
FACE Technical Standards
The FACE Technical Standards provide a layered reference architecture and a set of standardized interfaces to enable the reuse of capability-based software components across different hardware computing environments. Listed below are the FACE Technical Standards and the corresponding documents for each edition.
NOTE: Older editions of the Technical Standard (1.0, 2.x, 2.1.x, and 3.0) are available in The Open Group Library or using the link: https://publications.opengroup.org/standards/face. All editions are available at no cost but require the creation of a free account.
FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.2 - Latest Edition ▶
- FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.2 - Latest Edition
- FACE Software Supplier Getting Started Guide (GSG), Edition 3.x, Volume 2
- FACE Integrator's Getting Started Guide (GSG), Edition 3.x, Volume 2
- Reference Implementation Guides
- FACE Reference Implementation Guide (RIG) for FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.0 Volume 1 General Guidance
- FACE Reference Implementation Guide (RIG) for FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.0 Volume 2 Computing Environment
- FACE Reference Implementation Guide (RIG) for FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.0 Volume 3 Data Architecture
- Data Model Guidance
- Conformance Products
FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.1 ▶
- FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.1
- FACE Software Supplier Getting Started Guide (GSG), Edition 3.x
- FACE Integrator's Getting Started Guide (GSG), Edition 3.x
- Reference Implementation Guides
- FACE Reference Implementation Guide (RIG) for FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.0 Volume 1 General Guidance & PCS and PSSS UoCs
- FACE Reference Implementation Guide (RIG) for FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.0 Volume 2 Computing Environment & TSS, IOSS and OSS UoCs
- FACE Reference Implementation Guide (RIG) for FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.0 Volume 3 Data Architecture
- Data Model Guidance
- Conformance Products
To view FACE Technical Standard Approved Corrections:
Open UDDL Standards
The Open UDDL or UDDL Standards define a data modeling language for formally describing, querying, and communicating information. It provides the mechanism to rigorously document the semantics of data exchanged with a goal of eliminating ambiguity. The FACE Technical Standard extends UDDL to provide the FACE Data Architecture.
Open Universal Domain Description Language (Open UDDL), Edition 1.1
Open Universal Domain Description Language (Open UDDL), Edition 1.0
Additional Resources
All FACE Documents, including older publications or those not found here, are available in The Open Group Library. All documents are available at no cost but require the creation of a free account. To access all FACE documents:
Click here, then search “FACE Documents”
To report a problem with a published document:
To view FACE Technical Standard Approved Corrections:
