cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier) (04/19/91)
Submitted-by: cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier) What national or international groups have published definitions for the following: standards specifications standards categories profiles functional areas functional area profiles layers framework or does anyone have comments on the items listed above regarding definitions? Volume-Number: Volume 23, Number 35
ralph@svnet.UUCP (Ralph Barker) (04/27/91)
Submitted-by: ralph@svnet.UUCP (Ralph Barker) In article <129555@uunet.UU.NET>, cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier) writes: > Submitted-by: cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier) > > What national or international groups have published definitions for the > following: > > standards, specifications, standards categories, profiles > functional areas, functional area profiles, layers, framework > > or does anyone have comments on the items listed above regarding definitions? > Depending on the nature of the work for which the definitions are needded, the level of care in use of the terms may vary. For example, an article for the trade press might use the terms rather loosely, while work on a draft of a proposed standard or "official" specification would require greater care. Within the standards work going on within IEEE, ANSI, ISO and other standards bodies, a considerable effort goes into coordinating the definitions of terms. The direction of the coordination is usually "up", i.e. toward coordination with ISO definitions. Chairs of working groups are encouraged (pronounced "required by duty or professionalism") to coordinate with each other as work progresses, so that variations in the use of terms can be avoided. In some cases, as with the term "profile", slight twists may be unavoidable. For example, within the work going on within the P1003.0, "profile" is used to refer to a collection of standards and functional standards used to specify the requirements for a particular application environment. At the international level, however, "national profiles" commonly refers to a set of locale definition specifications for i18n purposes. Considering the amount of standards work "in the pipeline", it is advisable to check both the published dictionaries of standards bodies and pending work to avoid conflicts. -- Ralph Barker: SVNet, 640 So Winchester Blvd, San Jose,CA 95128 uucp: ...{pyramid, sun, uunet}!amdahl!aleph!svnet!ralph uunet!usrgrp!svnet!ralph or, attmail!ralmar!ralph Voice: (408) 248-8649 Volume-Number: Volume 23, Number 48