Specifications
OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha and VAX (Versions 7.1, 7.1–1H1, 7.1–1H2, and 7.1–2) SPD 41.87.06
• DCE Application Developers’ Kit for OpenVMS,
which is required for developers of distributed appli-
cations but is optional for other users. The DCE Ap-
plication Developers’ Kit provides programmers with
an Interface Definition Language (IDL), an easy-to-
use, ANSI C-based language for writing remote pro-
cedure calls.
• DCE Cell Directory Service (CDS), one of which is re-
quired for each DCE cell. The DCE CDS is a central
repository that contains information about the loca-
tion of resources in the DCE cell. It allows access
to resources by a single name, regardless of their
physical location.
• Compaq DCE Security Server, one of which is re-
quired for each DCE. The DCE Security Server pro-
tects resources from illegal access and provides se-
cure communications within and between DCE cells.
The right to use the DCE Runtime Services is bundled
with the OpenVMS operating system base license. All
other DCE products are available as separate layered
products. Refer to the Digital Distributed Computing En-
vironment (DCE) for OpenVMS Software Product De-
scription (SPD 43.05.xx) for more detailed information.
Support for OSF/Motif and X Window System Stan-
dards
DECwindows Motif provides support for OSF/Motif, a
standards-based graphical user interface, and the X
Consortium’s X Window System, Version 11, Release
6 (X11R6) server.
Standards Supported by OpenVMS
The OpenVMS operating system is based on the fol-
lowing public, national, and international standards.
These standards are developed by the American Na-
tional Standards Institute (ANSI), U.S. Federal Govern-
ment (responsible for FIPS), Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Or-
ganization for Standardization (ISO). The following in-
formation may be useful in determining responsiveness
to stated conformance requirements as enabled in par-
ticular commercial and/or government procurement so-
licitation documents.
• ANSI X3.4-1986: American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
• ANSI X3.22-1973: Recorded Magnetic Tape
(800 BPI, NRZI)
• ANSI X3.27-1987: File Structure and Labeling
of Magnetic Tapes for Information Interchange
• ANSI X3.39-1986: Recorded Magnetic Tape
(1600 BPI, PE)
• ANSI X3.40-1983: Unrecorded Magnetic Tape
• ANSI X3.41-1974: Code Extension Techniques
for Use with 7-bit ASCII
• ANSI X3.42-1975: Representation of Numeric
Values in Character Strings
• ANSI X3.54-1986: Recorded Magnetic Tape
(6250 BPI, GCR)
• ANSI X3.131-1986 (SCSI I): Small Computer
System Interface
• ANSI X3.131-1994 (SCSI II): Small Computer
System Interface
• ANSI/IEEE 802.2-1985: Logical Link Control
• ANSI/IEEE 802.3-1985: Carrier Sense Multiple
Access with Collision Detection
• FIPS 1-2: Code for Information Interchange, Its
Representations, Subsets, and Extensions
Note: 1-2 includes ANSI X3.4-1977(86)/FIPS 15;
ANSI X3.32-1973/FIPS 36; ANSI X3.41-1974/FIPS
35; and FIPS 7.
• FIPS 3-1/ANSI X3.22-1973: Recorded
Magnetic Tape Information Interchange (800 CPI,
NRZI)
• FIPS 16-1/ANSI X3.15-1976: Bit Sequencing of the
Code for Information Interchange in Serial-by-Bit
Data Transmission
Note: FED STD 1010 adopts FIPS 16-1.
• FIPS 22-1/ANSI X3.1-1976: Synchronous Signaling
Rates Between Data Terminal and Data Communi-
cation Equipment
Note: FED STD 1013 adopts FIPS 22-1.
• FIPS 25/ANSI X3.39-1986: Recorded Magnetic Tape
for Information Interchange (1600 CPI, Phase En-
coded)
• FIPS 37/ANSI X3.36-1975: Synchronous High-
Speed Data Signaling Rates Between Data Terminal
Equipment and Data Communication Equipment
Note: FED STD 1001 adopts FIPS 37.
• FIPS 50/ANSI X3.54-1986: Recorded Magnetic Tape
for Information Interchange, 6250 CPI (246 CPMM),
Group Coded Recording
• FIPS 79/ANSI X3.27-1987: Magnetic Tape Labels
and File Structure for Information Interchange
• FIPS 86/ANSI X3.64-1979: Additional Controls for
Use with American National Standard Code for In-
formation Interchange
Note: Other FIPS are not applicable.
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