The Product Standard is a precisely defined and documented set of functionality to which products can be certified. It provides a mapping between certification, the specifications, and the test suites needed to demonstrate conformance.
UNIX 98
Category: Operating System and Languages [XX]
- The UNIX 98 Product Standard is a significantly enhanced
version of the UNIX 95 Product Standard. The mandatory
enhancements include (1) Threads interfaces, (2) Multibyte
Support Extension (MSE), (3) Large File Support, (4)
Dynamic Linking, (5) changes to remove hardware data-length
dependencies or restrictions, and (6) Year 2000 changes.
In addition the following optional enhancements are
included: Software Administration facilities and a set of
APIs for realtime support. This Product Standard includes
the following mandatory Product Standards: Internationalized System Calls and
Libraries Extended V2,Commands and Utilities V3, C Language, Transport Service (XTI) V2, Sockets V2 and Internationalized Terminal
Interfaces. In addition, it may also conform to the Software Administration Product
Standard.
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Product Standard
Definition: in PDF Format
Referenced Documents:
X/Open Curses, Issue 4, Version 2
System Interfaces and Headers, Issue 5 - Two Volumes
System Interface Definitions, Issue 5
Programming Languages, Issue 3
Networking Services, Issue 5
Guide to the Internet Protocol Suite
Go Solo 2 - The Authorized Guide to UNIX 98 (Ed. Andrew Josey)
Commands and Utilities, Issue 5
IEEE Std. 1387.2:1995, Information Technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) System Administration - Part 2: Software Administration.
ISO/IEC 9899:1990, Programming Languages - C (technically identifical to ANS X3.159-1989). 1:1995, Multibyte Support Extension (MSE) for ISO C.
ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996, Information Technology - Portable Operating Systems Interface (POSIX) - Part 1: Systems Application Programming Interface (API) [C Language]
(identifical to IEEE Std. 1003.1-1996). Incorporating ANSI/IEEE Stds. 1003.1-1990, 1003.1b-1993 (Realtime), 1003.1c-1995 (Threads) and 1003.1i-1995 (also Realtime).
ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (POSIX-2)
Conformance Statement Questionnaires:
CSQ for UNIX 98 Product Standard
CSQ for Internationalized System Calls & Libraries Extd V2 Product Standard
CSQ for Commands and Utilities V3 Product Standard
CSQ for C Language Product Standard
CSQ for Transport Service (XTI) V2 Product Standard
CSQ for Sockets V2 Product Standard
CSQ for Internationalized Terminal Interfaces Product Standard
CSQ for Software Administration Product Standard
Test Suites:
VSX5
, and VSX4
, and VSU5
, and VSTH
, (and optionally VSRT)
, and VSC5
, and ( Plum Hall V7.00
, or Perennial ACVS 4.3)
, and VST5
Present in UNIX 98 Product Standard(s)
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