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IEEE and The Open Group to Extend POSIX® Certification to the Latest POSIX® StandardPiscataway, NJ and San Francisco, CA, 11 August 2003 - POSIX® certification is about to take another step forward. The Open Group and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) will offer a program to certify products to the 2003 edition of IEEE 1003.1™-2001, “Standard for Information Technology—Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX),” which incorporates the IEEE 1003.1 Corrigendum. The new program updates the existing one and will take effect early November. Under the new program, suppliers will substantiate claims of conformance to POSIX based on defined test suites so buyers gain assurance that products they specify and procure meet the standard and are warranted by the vendor to do so. POSIX certification complements certifications for other products that draw on the POSIX standard, such as those for LSB®, the COE Platform and the UNIX® system. The IEEE-SA and The Open Group have long experience with standards and certifications. IEEE-SA, a leading global standards development organization, has been the certification authority for POSIX since January 1998. The Open Group operates eight major certification programs, including those for UNIX and LSB. It has also developed and maintained conformance test suites for the X Window System, Motif®, Linux and other technologies. “ The new POSIX certification program is affordable and practical for products associated with many systems, including Linux and UNIX system products,” said Allen Brown, President and CEO of The Open Group. “Given the broad use POSIX certification now enjoys, we anticipate the new program will be widely accepted in government, industry and elsewhere.” Jerry Peterson, IEEE-SA President, notes that suppliers will be expected to warranty their products for conformance to POSIX. “They will have to guarantee that their products conform to the standard throughout their life,” he says. “Any certified product that falls out of conformance will have to be fixed promptly under the warranty.” IEEE-SA will lead the marketing effort for the program and will license the POSIX mark for use with certified products. The Open Group will be the certification authority and will develop and administer the two test suites needed for certification. One test suite, VSX-PCTS, will test the mandatory C language system interfaces and headers. The other suite, VSC-PCTS, will test the mandatory utilities and the shell command language. Both test suites follow the methods defined in the IEEE 2003 standard and use the Test Environment Toolkit (TET), a multi-platform test execution management system created by The Open Group. About IEEE 1003.1The 2003 edition of IEEE 1003.1 was developed by the Austin Group, a joint working group of the IEEE, The Open Group and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15. It includes IEEE 1003.1-2001 and IEEE 1003.1-2001/Cor 1-2002. This edition replaces IEEE 1003.1-1996, “IEEE Standard for POSIX--Part 1: System Application: Program Interface (API) [C Language],” and IEEE 1003.2-1992, “IEEE Standard for POSIX--Part 2”. The 2003 edition is also simultaneously referred to as ISO/IEC 9945:2003 and The Open Group Technical Standard Base Specifications Issue 6. About The Open GroupThe Open Group, a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, has a vision of Boundaryless Information Flow achieved through global interoperability in a secure, reliable and timely manner. The Open Group’s mission is to drive the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow by working with customers to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies, and share best practices; working with suppliers, consortia and standards bodies to develop consensus and facilitate interoperability, to evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; offering a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and developing and operating the industry's premier certification service and encouraging procurement of certified products. More information on our organization can be found at http://www.opengroup.org About the IEEE Standards AssociationThe IEEE Standards Association, a globally recognized standards-setting body, develops consensus standards through an open process that brings diverse parts of an industry together. These standards set specifications and procedures to ensure that products and services are fit for their purpose and perform as intended. The IEEE-SA has a portfolio of more than 870 completed standards and more than 400 standards in development. Over 15,000 IEEE members worldwide belong to IEEE-SA and voluntarily participate in standards activities. For further information on IEEE-SA see: http://www.standards.ieee.org/. About the IEEEThe IEEE has more than 380,000 members in approximately 150 countries. Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in electrical and electronics engineering and in computer science. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 technical conferences each year. Additional information about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org. Notes to editors:The Open Group is a trademark of The Open Group. |
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