X/Open

• X/Open is an independent, nonprofit consortium formed in 1984.
• Its goals are to determine user and market requirements and to specifya complete, source-level portable application environment and test suites.
• This includes:

  -Specifications for an OS interface, networking, datamanagement, programming languages, floppy disk formats, internationalization,and distributed transaction processing.
  -Common ApplicationEnvironment.
  -X/Open Portability Guide

• X/Open is based on POSIX and other standards

Contact

X/Open Company Ltd.
Apex Plaza
Forbury Road
Reading, BerkshireRG1 1AX
United Kingdom
Phone: +44-734-508311
Fax:+44
Email:
Web: http://www.xopen.org/

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