Library Hi Tech: Volume 8 Issue 4

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Open systems interconnection: A special issue of Library Hi Tech

Ray Denenberg

This special “theme” issue of Library Hi Tech is devoted to Open Systems Interconnection. The editor is Ray Denenberg, of the Library of Congress. Eleven articles cover the basic…

Data communications and osi

Ray Denenberg

The upper three OSI layers support the communication requirements of applications, while the lower four layers provide reliable transmission of data. This article describes the…

OSI upper layers support for applications

Wayne Davison

The upper three OSI layers support communication requirements of applications. To communicate meaningfully, applications must share a common understanding of various aspects. This…

X.400: The standard for message handling systems

Leigh Swain, Paula Tallim

X.400, one of the first OSI Application layer standards to be ratified, has generated considerable interest in the computer and telecommunications industry. Software vendors and…

Information retrieval as a network application

Clifford A. Lynch

The nature of information retrieval applications, the Z39.50 protocol, and its relationship to other OSI protocols are described. Through Z39.50 a client system views a remote…

The interlibrary loan protocol: AN OSI solution to ill messaging

Fay Turner

The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) protocol is a standard based on the OSI Reference Model that permits ILL messages to be exchanged between heterogeneous systems. By defining a standard…

The ISO EDI conceptual model activity and its relationship to OSI

Judith A. Fincher

The developing ISO edi conceptual model and its relationship to OSI are described. The term “edi” (lowercase) contrasts with the familiar EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and its…

Network directory services

Daniela Planka

The Directory (CCITT X.500/ISO 9594) is an international standard, which was ratified jointly by ISO and CCITT in December 1988. The standard describes the structure and services…

OSI Network management

Ethan Harris

Management of heterogeneous networks continues to be complicated by the persistence of proprietary management schemes. Thus the need for integration of network management…

Government Open Systems Interconnection: Profile in progress

Kevin L. Mills

The emergence of Open Systems Interconnection protocols, as specified within the U.S. Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (GOSIP) Federal Information Processing…

OSI Conformance testing for bibliographic applications

Gilbert Arbez

The objective of OSI conformance testing is to provide a standardized and rigorous means of determining the extent to which a specific implementation conforms to an OSI protocol…

OSI PRODUCT SURVEY

Tonia Metka

As OSI standards are becoming finalized, computer manufacturers and vendors are beginning to provide networking solutions based on OSI protocols. Products which implement OSI…

Cover of Library Hi Tech

ISSN:

0737-8831

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
  • Dr Kevin K.W. Ho