Open Systems For Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

   PDF

2. Keynote Papers from Governmental Agencies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

      PDF

   2. Guidelines for an Informatics Architecture

      • W. de Backer

      Pages 3-15

   3. UK Government Programmes to Encourage Open Systems

      • W. Greaves

      Pages 17-35

   4. Towards a European Gosip

      • L. Caffrey

      Pages 37-43

3. Vendor Views of Standards and the European Market

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

      PDF

   2. Open Systems Interconnection: Gaining a Foothold in Europe Through Standards

      • R. A. Matthews

      Pages 47-71

   3. Standardisation for Open Systems Interconnection: Recent Developments and Future Directions

      • N. Bush, B. Wood

      Pages 73-80

   4. Relational Database Opportunities Within the Single European Market: Commitment to Standards and Open Systems

      • M. Eaton

      Pages 81-88

   5. Proprietary and Public Standards

      • P. W. L. Morgan

      Pages 89-99

4. User Case Studies of Open Systems and Interworking

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

      PDF

   2. Why Open Systems - A Management Perspective

      • C. V. Calder

      Pages 103-112

   3. Open Systems Policies in the NHS

      • P. J. Bishop

      Pages 113-121

   4. Implementation of a Value-Added Network in an Open Systems Market Environment

      • M. Anstee

      Pages 123-131

   5. Electronic Data Interchange: British Coal and the Edict System

      • W. L. Bedford

      Pages 133-146

5. Other Issues in Open Systems Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

      PDF

   2. Planning for Information Resources Centres

      • C. Lazou

      Pages 149-160

   3. Standards for Scientific Languages and Library Modules

      • S. Hammarling

      Pages 161-164

   4. Development and Application of Software Tools to Verify Standards

      • A. T. Twigger

      Pages 165-175

6. Back Matter

   Pages 177-186

   PDF

Open Systems for Europe AD. Elliman, C. Sanger Open Systems for Europe combines two important and topical themes. First, Open Systems - the development of vendor-independent means to link and interwork with applications across a range of different systems. Secondly, the formation of a single European market after 1992 with its attendant opening up of public purchasing and the removal of the remaining obstacles to the free movement of products, people and services between the member states of the European Community. What unites these two themes is the issue of standards. As Walter de Backer, Director of Informatics of the Commission of the European Communities ( CEC) says in his keynote paper [Ch. 1J, more and more organisations are beginning to realise that an IT strategy based on standards is feasible, econo­ mic and necessary. It is feasible, if not immediately, then certainly through an evolutionary path phased over a number of years; it is economic because the costs associated with interface changes and conversions can be avoided, if not eliminated totally; and it is necessary if organisations are to communicate and interwork effectively. Moreover, the restructuring of Europe into a single market has already prompted a realignment of corporate interests - existing groups are breaking up and forming new, pan-European conglomerates.

• European Community
• Information Technology (IT)
• development
• organization
• restructuring
• service
• strategy

• Brunel University, UK

  Tony Elliman

• Gid Ltd, UK

  Colston Sanger

Policies and ethics