Introduction
Section 1: General
           1.1 Scope
           1.2 Normative references
           1.3 Conformance
           1.4 Test methods
Section 2: Terminology
           2.1 Conventions
           2.2 Definitions
                 2.2.1 Terminology
                 2.2.2 General terms
                 2.2.3 Abbreviations
Section 3: POSIX Open System Environment (OSE)
           3.1 POSIX OSE General Objectives
           3.2 POSIX OSE Reference Model
           3.3 POSIX OSE Services
           3.4 POSIX OSE Standards
           3.5 POSIX Profiles
           3.6 PIIs
Section 4: POSIX OSE Services
           4.1 Language services
           4.2 Core system services
           4.3 Communication services
           4.4 Database services
           4.5 Data interchange services
           4.6 Transaction processing services
           4.7 User command interface services
           4.8 Character-based user interface services
           4.9 Windowing system services
           4.10 Graphics services
           4.11 Application software development support
                 services
Section 5: POSIX OSE Cross-category services
           5.1 Internationalization services
           5.2 System security services
           5.3 Systems management services
Section 6: Profiles
           6.1 Scope
           6.2 Concepts related to profiles
           6.3 Guidance to profile developers
           6.4 Types of profiles
section 7: POSIX OSE profiling efforts
           7.1 Introduction
           7.2 Multiprocessing systems platform profiles
           7.3 POSIX interactive systems AEP
           7.4 Supercomputing AEP
           7.5 Realtime AEPs
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Annex B (informative) Standards organizations and contact
           information
           B.1 Introduction
           B.2 The formal standards groups
           B.3 Related organizations
Alphabetical topical index
Figures
3-1 POSIX OSE Reference Model
3-2 POSIX OSE Reference Model - Entities
3-3 POSIX OSE Reference Model - Interfaces
3-4 POSIX OSE Reference Model - Distributed Systems
3-5 Distributed Application Platform Implementation
3-6 Service Components and Interface
4-1 POSIX OSE Language Services Reference Model
4-2 POSIX OSE Core System Services Reference Model
4-3 POSIX OSE Communication Services Reference Model
4-4 POSIX OSE Communication standards
4-5 Traditional Database Model
4-6 POSIX OSE Database Services Reference model
4-7 POSIX OSE Date Interchange Services Reference
           Model
4-8 Transaction Processing Model
4-9 POSIX OSE Transaction Processing Services
           Reference Model
4-10 POSIX OSE User Command Interface Services
           Reference Model
4-11 POSIX OSE Character-Based User Interface
           Services Reference model
4-12 POSIX OSE Windowing System Services Reference
           model
4-13 Computer Graphics Reference Model Level Structure
4-14 POSIX OSE Graphics Services Reference Model
4-15 POSIX OSE Application Software Development
           Services Reference Model
5-1 POSIX OSE Reference Model for Systems Management
B-1 Selected Major Standards and Standards Influencing
           Bodies
B-2 IEEE Standards Diagram
TABLES
2-1 Typographical Conventions
4-1 Mapping of service categories to section 4 clauses
4-2 Language standards
4-3 Core system services standards
4-4 Systems services standard language bindings
4-5 Functionality of ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990
4-6 Communication Standards - APIs
4-7 Communication Standards - EEIs
4-8 Communication Standards - service at the EEI
4-9 Communication Standard Language Bindings
4-10 Database standards
4-11 Database standard language bindings
4-12 Data interchange standards
4-13 Transaction processing standards
4-14 Transaction Processing Standard Language Bindings
4-15 User Command Interface Processing Standards
4-16 User Command Interface Processing Language
           Bindings
4-17 Character-Based User Interface Standards
4-18 Character-Based User Interface Standard Language
           Bindings
4-19 Windowing Standards
4-20 Windowing Graphical Standard Language Bindings
4-21 POSIX OSE Graphics Services Reference Model
           Standards
4-22 Graphics Standard Language Bindings
4-23 Application Software Development Support Standards
4-24 Application Software Development Support Services
           Bindings
5-1 Internationalization Standards
5-2 System Security Standards
5-3 System Security Standard Language Bindings
5-4 System Management Standards
5-5 Systems Management Standard Language Bindings
7-1 POSIX SPs in Progress