Internet Server
Copyright © 1998 The Open Group


Product Standard
General Interworking: Internet Server
Document Number: X98PS


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Product Standard

NAME

Internet Server

LABEL FOR LOGO

Internet Server

DESCRIPTION

This Product Standard defines a set of services in support of Internet and intranet technologies. This includes support of network computer devices and the presence of a mandatory Java Runtime Environment.

The Internet Server Product Standard complements the Network Computer1 providing the server side of that definition. The emphasis is towards services and applications support. A standard server will provide a set of core services to support Internet applications.

The mandatory functionality includes:

CONFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
Human-Computer Interface

Not applicable.

Portability Interface
Programming Language Environment

Not applicable.

Interoperability
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

None.

PORTABILITY ENVIRONMENT

None.

OVERRIDING STANDARDS

All formal standards included within this Product Standard are specified by a direct reference to the formal standard document itself.

INDICATORS OF COMPLIANCE

For the Network File System the Indicator of Compliance is a Test Report from a currently authorized release of the VSX+XNFS Test Suite.

For the other constituent parts of this Product Standard there will be no initial Indicator of Compliance specified. The Open Group intends to introduce tests of application-level interoperability for protocols within this Product Standard (http, ftp, telnet, smtp, and so on). Such tests will become a mandatory Indicator of Compliance three months after formal approval for branding. Reference should be made to Test Suites and Test Laboratories to ascertain whether the suite is now available, and whether the three month period has elapsed.

MIGRATION

The Internet services introduced are based on de facto practice and no migration issues are anticipated.


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Footnotes

1.
Technical Standard, February 1998, Network Computer (C720).

2.
Technical Standard, February 1998, Protocols for Interworking: XNFS, Version 3W (ISBN: 1-85912-184-5, C702).