These standards have reached a sound degree of definition in the last years due both to continuous improvements in the standardization activity and to increasing realizations from various manufacturers.
There is no doubt that the effective application of the OSI standards represents the challenge of the next years, which will conditionate the whole development of distributed data processing and telematic applications.
The paper presents the strategy followed in Italy for the adoption of the OSI standards, which is based on a step by step approach, where each standard is introduced on the basis of its complete definition. Initial consideration is given to the application of the MHS Standards (X400).
After a general discussion on the OSI Standards application, the paper further details on the provision of the OSI Network Service (OSI-NS) by different public data networks and on the use of such service for interworking among networks of different type. Furtheron, cases of interworking scenarios with networks not providing the OSI-NS are also examined.
Finally the paper details on the activity being pursued in Europe for the harmonization of the OSI standards and their certification. 相似文献