cfs@cos.com (Cathy F. Summers) (12/07/90)
The Corporation for Open Systems International has issued the following
announcement of a RFI for OSI upper layer conformance test sytems. COS
hopes to achieve the widest possible distribution of this announcemnt.
For more information, please contace Derek Robinson as specified in the
announcement.
Cathy Summers cfs@cos.com
============================ RFI Announcement ========================
FOR IMMEDIATE COS ISSUES 'RFI' FOR FTAM, X.400,
RELEASE X.500 AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT
McLEAN, VA., NOVEMBER 29, 1990 -- The Corporation
CONTACT: For Open Systems International (COS) today issued
a formal "Request For Information" to the world's
Eric Bolton conformance testing community and other
(COS) interested parties as part of an ambitious
703-883-2755 program to add extensive new protocol testing
capabilities to the COS Mark Program.
RFI CONTACT:
Derek Robinson According to the RFI document, the Mark Program
(COS) expansion includes support for additional FTAM
703-883-2724 functionality, as well as the addition of testing
capabilities for CCITT X.400 (1988), Directory
Services (CCITT X.500) and OSI Network Management
protocols.
The RFI document noted that the expansion of the
Mark program will be phased in over a two-year
period, culminating in COS Mark-approved means of
testing, aligned with stable Internationally
Standardized Profiles (ISPs) and the U.S. GOSIP
program, for each of the above protocols.
COS said it was issuing the RFI "to take
advantage of recent developments in areas such as
OSI conformance test system architectures,
advances in upper-layer abstract and executable
test suites, automated verdicts, automated test
case selection, and test engine portability."
The RFI was issued under COS' test system
sponsorship program which invites the global
testing community to help COS develop
internationally-aligned conformance testing
systems for the world market.
According to the RFI document, "COS sponsorship
will enable OSI test system vendors to align
executable test suites and test system
functionality such that they may be approved for
use with the COS Mark Program, and may also
become candidates for the GOSIP 'Means of
Testing' registers. It is COS' immediate goal
that all COS-employed test systems be also GOSIP
registered, and COS will provide assistance to
achieve this."
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COS ISSUES 'RFI,' Page 2
For more information on the RFI, please contact
Mr. Derek Robinson, COS' Upper Layers Development
Manager, at 703-883-2724.
The COS Mark Program is a user-vendor sponsored
OSI/ISDN product certification program. The
objective of the COS Mark Program is to identify
and distinguish those products in the marketplace
that have met COS requirements and therefore have
an increased likelihood of interoperation.
Users who procure COS Mark licensed products, in
addition to U.S. GOSIP compliance, receive this
warranty:
Commitment: that if an interoperability
problem develops, you won't go it alone. Each
COS Mark licensed vendor is bound by its COS Mark
License to work toward the resolution of
interoperability problems between products
bearing the COS Mark, should they arise.
Confidence: that COS Mark products have
been subjected to rigorous conformance testing;
it's a requirement for the award of the COS Mark.
Comfort: that COS interoperability analysis
is available at no cost if an interoperability
problem cannot be resolved through normal vendor
efforts.
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