rogue@well.sf.ca.us (L. Brett Glass) (03/22/90)
I have hundreds of books (literally) which describe the OSI Reference Model, but I have never seen the original ISO document which sets forth this model. What are the name and number of the document, and what is the best way to obtain it? If it's a FIPS as well as an ISO standard, what's the FIPS number? Please respond by electronic mail as soon as possible; I need to be able to quote from the original document in a "rush" paper I'm writing. --Brett Glass
postel@VENERA.ISI.EDU (03/22/90)
Brett: I don't have the "official" ISO source document. I'd suggest though that a key early paper is that by Hubert Zimmerman in 1980. Zimmermann, Hubert "OSI Reference Model--The ISO Model of Architecture for Open Systems Interconection," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. Com-28, No. 4, April 1980. --jon.
bni@modulex.dk (Bent Nielsen) (03/22/90)
rogue@well.sf.ca.us (L. Brett Glass) writes: >I have hundreds of books (literally) which describe the OSI Reference Model, >but I have never seen the original ISO document which sets forth this model. >What are the name and number of the document, and what is the best way to >obtain it? If it's a FIPS as well as an ISO standard, what's the FIPS number? >Please respond by electronic mail as soon as possible; I need to be able to >quote from the original document in a "rush" paper I'm writing. >--Brett Glass Please for me to. -- Bent Nielsen <bni@modulex.dk> A/S MODULEX Lyskaer 15 DK-2730 Herlev Denmark
bhk@hermit.la.locus.com (Brad Kemp) (03/23/90)
The offical documents are: ISO 7498: 1984, Information Processing Systems - Open Systems Interconnection - Basic Reference Model ISO 7498/Add. 1: 1984, Information Processing Systems - Open System Interconnection - Addedum to ISO 7498 Covering Connectionless-mode Transmission ISO/DIS 7498 Add. 2 : Information Processing Systems - Open System Interconnection - Basic Reference Model - Part 2: Security Architecture ISO 7498/Add. 3: 1984, Information Processing Systems - Open System Interconnection - Basic Reference Model - Part 3: Naming and Addressing ISO/DIS 7498/Add. 4: Information Processing Systems - Open System Interconnection - Basic Reference Model - Part 4: OSI management Framework I do not know if any of these docuements are available in magnetic form. They are available from Omnicom (703)-281-1135 as well as a few other standards vendors. IS0 7498 is either going through a review cycle. Brad Kewmp Locus Computing Corp Boston Office bhk@locus.com
joel@cs.arizona.edu (Joel M. Snyder) (03/23/90)
I sent this in EMAIL, but here's a posted reply: ISO 7498, "Information Processing Systems --- Open Systems Interconnection --- Basic Reference Model," the International Organization for Standardization. There are also additional addenda, called 7498/1, 7498/2, etc, dealing with connectionless services, multipeer data transfer, naming and addressing, and security (last one from memory; I wrote the original reply while at the office). Not all of the addenda are "standards;" there is a sequence which goes DP, DIS, IS (Draft Protocol, Draft IS, Intl Std) and some of them are more or less along in that sequence. Finally, the best place to get ISO standards is Omnicom. (#include disclaimer) They have high prices, but they have EVERYTHING in stock (by definition; if they don't, they'll copy it for you and send that while you wait) and excellent service. As a private company, they do much better on responsiveness and service than either ANSI (for ANSI and ISO documents, in New York), Commerce (for CCITT documents) or TIA (for TIA/EIA standards). They have an 800- number. Joel Snyder Standards Folk