BS ISO/IEC BRITISH STANDARD 10746-4:1998 Information technology - Open Distributed Processing - ReferenceModel: Architectural semantics ICS 35.100.01 NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW BSIS0/IEC10746-4:1998 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO/IEC 10746-4:1998 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee IST/15, Software Engineering, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Find" facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, the ISO/IEC title page, pages i to iv, pages 1 to 27 and a back cover. This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the inside front cover. This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication been prepared under the direction of the DISC Board, Amd. No. Date Comments waspublished underthe authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15October1999 C BSI 03-2000 ISBN0580351963 BS IS0/IEC 10746-4:1998 Contents Page National foreword Inside front cover Foreword ii Text of ISO/IEC 10746-4 1 BSI 03-2000 i