<p>The concept of "type" is fundamental to ODP systems; the interaction model of ODP-RM involves strongly-typed</p>
<p>interactions.</p>
<p>This Recommendation | International Standard:</p>
<p>? defines a framework for describing types of interest in ODP systems by determining what entities need to</p>
<p>be typed and what needs to be said about the identified types. The primary focus of this work is the</p>
<p>computational interface type system;</p>
<p>? identifies and characterizes type languages sufficient to describe the types identified above in an</p>
<p>informative annex;</p>
<p>? provides enterprise, information, and computational specifications of a generic type repository function</p>
<p>within the type description framework which can be specialized to select a specific type system or type</p>
<p>notation. The type repository function provides:</p>
<p>? storage and retrieval of type descriptions;</p>
<p>? management of type descriptions;</p>
<p>? management of the relationship between types including matching of types;</p>
<p>? naming of types (in a manner consistent with ODP Naming Framework);</p>
<p>? interworking and federation of different type repositories.</p>
<p>This Recommendation | International Standard provides a standard method of accessing type descriptions used within</p>
<p>open distributed processing systems, where the type descriptions can be in various concrete syntaxes and type languages</p>
<p>used in these open distributed processing systems. This Recommendation | International Standard also facilitates the</p>
<p>dynamic matching of types for interactions, binding and trading purposes.</p>
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Scope
<p>The concept of "type" is fundamental to ODP systems; the interaction model of ODP-RM involves strongly-typed</p>
<p>interactions.</p>
<p>This Recommendation | International Standard:</p>
<p>? defines a framework for describing types of interest in ODP systems by determining what entities need to</p>
<p>be typed and what needs to be said about the identified types. The primary focus of this work is the</p>
<p>computational interface type system;</p>
<p>? identifies and characterizes type languages sufficient to describe the types identified above in an</p>
<p>informative annex;</p>
<p>? provides enterprise, information, and computational specifications of a generic type repository function</p>
<p>within the type description framework which can be specialized to select a specific type system or type</p>
<p>notation. The type repository function provides:</p>
<p>? storage and retrieval of type descriptions;</p>
<p>? management of type descriptions;</p>
<p>? management of the relationship between types including matching of types;</p>
<p>? naming of types (in a manner consistent with ODP Naming Framework);</p>
<p>? interworking and federation of different type repositories.</p>
<p>This Recommendation | International Standard provides a standard method of accessing type descriptions used within</p>
<p>open distributed processing systems, where the type descriptions can be in various concrete syntaxes and type languages</p>
<p>used in these open distributed processing systems. This Recommendation | International Standard also facilitates the</p>
<p>dynamic matching of types for interactions, binding and trading purposes.</p>
