Multimedia in the ODP-RM standard

Author

Gay, Valérie ; Leydekkers, Peter

Author_Institution

LIP6-MASI, Paris VI Univ., France

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

1997

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

73

Abstract

To coordinate the various standards, we need a framework or architecture that covers many aspects of distributed systems without specifying implementation details. The International Standardization Organization (ISO), realizing the growing importance of standardizing distributed systems, initiated the Open Distributed Processing (ODP) standardization activity in 1987. The ODP reference model (ODP-RM) provides a general framework addressing distributed systems operating in a heterogeneous environment. This article presents ODP-RM and discusses its relevance to multimedia. The standard seeks to enable seamless interfacing of distributed application components despite their heterogeneity. The ODP-RM provides concepts, rules, and languages for building distributed systems. The ODP-RM is based on object orientation, communications, and distributed systems technology. It provides an overall framework for the design of open distributed systems

Keywords

ISO standards; distributed processing; multimedia communication; object-oriented programming; open systems; software standards; ODP-RM standard; Open Distributed Processing reference model; communications; distributed application components; distributed systems; heterogeneous environment; multimedia; object orientation; open distributed systems; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer network management; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; ISO standards; Standards organizations; Telecommunication standards; Vocabulary;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/93.580397

Filename

580397